The Great Algoritmi
Short NYT piece on the history of the algorithm, from Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk–”a part man, part machine … oracle for our times.”
Cross-posted from Old is the New New. Comments welcome.Short NYT piece on the history of the algorithm, from Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk–”a part man, part machine … oracle for our times.”
Cross-posted from Old is the New New. Comments welcome.