How algorithms shape our life

Today we rethought the role of modern mathematics, not only financial mathematics, but mathematics in general. Her transition from what we extract and derive from observing the world to what it begins to form — the world around us and our inner world. Kevin Slavin "How algorithms shape our world" TED 2011

(in the photo / picture “Amplitude modulation” of mountain heights by doy jones index 1980-2009, Michael Najjar )

If the algorithms fail, how do we know about it?

- what is common between invisibility masking / location algorithms and algorithmic trading ?
- How does chaos help Netflix recommend movies?
- who is responsible for the “ black Tuesday ” 2010,
- how do the trajectories of smart vacuum cleaners differ?
- How to optimally “pack” people into elevators?
- Where does the Internet in New York start from?
- how algorithms sold a book for $ 23 million
- why do you need to get into the water to make money from air?
- terraforming in the service of optimizing algorithms

under the cut video with Russian subtitles Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world (3,000,000+ views)




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PS
The work of artist Michael Najjar on the visualization of economic graphs