You do not trick an algorithm, you explore it. So said an anonymous commenter in response to a piece I published in The Atlantic. The idea: an algorithm is only a series of responses. It has no goal. You are rolling a ball down a mountain and seeing where—
A Good Bird
A Good Bird
A Good Bird
You do not trick an algorithm, you explore it. So said an anonymous commenter in response to a piece I published in The Atlantic. The idea: an algorithm is only a series of responses. It has no goal. You are rolling a ball down a mountain and seeing where—