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Lunchtime Talk: Algorithms and/as Culture

About the Event

Date

Feb 13, 2019, 12 – 1pm

Location

Medford

With Nick Seaver, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and Science at Tufts University

The algorithms that shape culture, filtering what we see and hear, are often understood as inhuman forces. Explore how these systems, from music recommenders to personalized newsfeeds, are full of people who impart their own points of view on the software they build.