Comment Re:Good job apple (Score 0) 89
Tons of video artists and mountain climbers publish on Apple servers.
I don't think "tons" will get you very far when it comes to statistics.
Submission + - Attorney sues website over his online rating (nwsource.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that a local attorney is suing legal startup Avvo.com over a rating that was algorithmically assigned.
The story touches over the controversy of computers grading humans. Such practices are not new: the New York Times earlier this year reported on Google using algorithms to determine applicant suitability.
But what happens when you don't like the result? Can a computer program be considered defamatory?
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When we write programs that "learn", it turns out we do and they don't.
