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David Auerbach: Is Big Tech Out of Control?

Danielle Newnham Podcast

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How Did You Get Your Start in Computer Science and What You're Doing Now?

I think the particularly unusual contribution I have is that weird mixture but that's what distinguishes me from a lot of other writers and and ticomentators. My first book actually which was called Bitwise a Life in Code is actually about that duality in my attempt to reconcile it in my work. It wasn't until social media that you saw the full extent to which users actually influenced and shaped algorithms not intentionally but that each of us using these services would contribute just a little bit in terms of shaping the filters and the recommendations and things like that. Microsoft sort of missed the boat in that regard because they were very married to their model ironically Microsoft has said why do renaissance in the last 10

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