Bonding with Your Algorithm

I have implemented many pieces of code, algorithms to improve this or that.  Ans some took lots of coding time, and I felt proud of them afterwards when they worked to goals and spec.  But admittedly never thought of bonding with them.  But it is an interesting thought, will this make me believe in them more, trust in them more?   Are they biased then, like we we are?  Are they easily correctable, by example, like we hope we are?

Bonding with Your Algorithm  in the Edge, text and Video:  Below a short intro:

A Conversation With Nicolas Berggruen [6.5.18]

The relationship between parents and children is the most important relationship. It gets more complicated in this case because, beyond the children being our natural children, we can influence them even beyond. We can influence them biologically, and we can use artificial intelligence as a new tool. I’m not a scientist or a technologist whatsoever, but the tools of artificial intelligence, in theory, are algorithm- or computer-based. In reality, I would argue that even an algorithm is biological because it comes from somewhere. It doesn’t come from itself. If it’s related to us as creators or as the ones who are, let’s say, enabling the algorithms, well, we’re the parents.

Who are those children that we are creating? What do we want them to be like as part of the earth, compared to us as a species and, frankly, compared to us as parents? They are our children. We are the parents. How will they treat us as parents? How do we treat our own parents? How do we treat our children? We have to think of these in the exact same way. Separating technology and humans the way we often think about these issues is almost wrong. If it comes from us, it’s the same thing. We have a responsibility. We have the power and the imagination to shape this future generation. It’s exciting, but let’s just make sure that they view us as their parents. If they view us as their parents, we will have a connection.

Investor and philanthropist NICOLAS BERGGRUEN is the chairman of the Berggruen Institute, and founder of the 21st Century Council, the Council for the Future of Europe, and the Think Long Committee for California  ... "