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by torpcoms 3131 days ago
She is only asked about it in the last question, and mentions a New York City politician wanting open source algorithms:

> Algorithms make decisions all through his borough, the East Bronx, including where children go to school, where police patrols are assigned, and the schedule for garbage pickup.

Which seems a bit bizarre, open source algorithms would be nice, but the tie in to 'the humanities' seems tenuous at best.