Name: How algorithms shape our world
Uploaded: 2011-07-21T14:48:00Z
Duration: 15 min 5 s
Description: We live in a world run by algorithms, computer programs that make decisions or solve problems for us. In this riveting, funny talk, Kevin Slavin shows how modern algorithms determine stock prices, espionage tactics, even the movies you watch. But, he asks: If we depend on complex algorithms to manage our daily decisions -- when do we start to lose control?

We live in a world run by algorithms, computer programs that make decisions or solve problems for us. In this riveting, funny talk, Kevin Slavin shows how modern algorithms determine stock prices, espionage tactics, even the movies you watch. But, he asks: If we depend on complex algorithms to manage our daily decisions -- when do we start to lose control?

Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world

How algorithms shape our world

Algorithms, shaping mountains to reflect market trends, reveal our world’s new contours are increasingly designed by digital logic.

Our cultural landscape, from the movies we watch to the price of books, is being sculpted by unseen algorithmic battles.

Algorithms not only manage stock trades but shape our perception, silently architecting our digital and physical landscapes.