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The Humanities Can't Save Big Tech from Itself (wired.com)
3 points by fudgy 1617 days ago
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Algorithms that use data that's easy to capture in a database scale. Softer analytical things that are more often associated humanities often don't, at least at this stage of technological development.

Probably the greatest exception to this is when a concept that comes from the humanities can be widely applied thanks to machine learning.