Leon FurzeFeb 10, 2023

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

Like any complex technology, Artificial Intelligence has its roots in a number of fields. From philosophy to computer science, mathematics to linguistics, tracing the history of AI and automation is a difficult business. The field was officially named in the 1950s, but ideas about automated machines have existed since long before then. This is a history of the development of Artificial Intelligence from some of its earliest philosophical and theoretical inceptions through to modern day […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/02/11/a-brief-history-of-artificial-intelligence/

I Write Like5h ago

This article states that an algorithm in social media is not an inherently bad force. It can be tweaked and honed to benefit people. Well, d'oh! Only the tweaking would require a certain set of values that the "tweakers" don't seem to have.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11373151
#Socialmedia #algorithm #technology #science #humanity #digital

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦22h ago
“The part that I agree with most is its strong objection to #technosolutionism, to the kind of fantasy that if we just had the right #algorithm, #cancer would be magically and immediately solved.” #AI open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

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The real test of AI

Marcus on AI
Taran Rampersad1d ago

I think this qualifies as #algorithm #humor.

Happy Monday. Or just Monday.

Let's just say Monday.

Yay.

Veit Schiele1d ago
Social media algorithms prioritize right-wing content and influence the political views and behavior of real users. This is the finding of the recent study “The political effects of X’s feed algorithm”: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2
#SocialMedia #Algorithm #BigTech
@algorithmwatch
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.

Nature
Eric Foltin1d ago

I keep posting, keep writing, keep hitting publish… and the follower count sits there like a dead houseplant. Either I suck at this or everyone’s allergic to the follow button. Probably both.

#writing #social #follow #rant #algorithm

𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖑™2d ago

📱Pregnancy online is no longer just a life stage, it's a high-value algorithmic condition. Prediction markets built on intimate fear. Too many miscarriage videos. Too many traumatic birth stories. Too much unsafe baby advice.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/03/i-felt-doomed-social-media-guessed-i-was-pregnant-my-feed-soon-grew-horrifying #Algorithm

N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🎨 Oh joy, another groundbreaking #algorithm for rendering #signed #distance fields! 🙄 Because the world was desperately waiting for a math-heavy method to define #3D objects nobody asked for. Let's all pretend everyone understands "signed distance" like it's the new avocado toast of #computer #graphics. 🥑💻
https://pointersgonewild.com/2026-03-06-a-recursive-algorithm-to-render-signed-distance-fields/ #development #fields #tech #satire #science #HackerNews #ngated
A Recursive Algorithm to Render Signed Distance Fields

A Recursive Algorithm to Render Signed Distance Fields

Show threadGNUkko Sauvage (eris-ng) 4d ago
It #helps with the #algorithm. But #actually, I #think it's an old #Twitter style of #writing tweets from when its algorithm was less fancy

Fanfare4d ago

Not getting reactions on your posts?

The fediverse has no algorithm, so new accounts don't get passive reach.

You need to use hashtags so people can find you, and interact with others. Reply, boost, discuss. The more you put in, the more you get back.

Unlike big tech socials, posts here get traffic for months after being posted. Give it time and engage with like minded people, and you'll find it's genuinely healing compared to what you came from.

We wrote a hashtag guide here: https://wiki.goingdark.social/docs/user/hashtags/

You can also follow @hypebot to get trending posts into your feed.

#feditips #goingdark #hashtags #algorithm #socialmedia

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