Reply to post: Re: Even if

Regulate This! Time to subject algorithms to our laws

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Re: Even if

> These crusty old law makers could look at the algorithm, they probably wouldn't understand it anyway.

If it was a traditional algorithm (like a flowchart or decision-tree) it would be fine.

If it's some newfangled AI "machine learning" algorithm, where you just blast a load of data into a neural net and somehow "train" it to do the right thing, that's a lot harder to scrutinise for anyone - IT professionals included.

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