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From the NSA to OKCupid, 5 Algorithms That Rule Your World


From the NSA to OKCupid 5 Algorithms That Rule Your World

Source: http://www.psmag.com/culture/nsa-okcupid...

If the 1990s were dominated by the rise of the Internet and the 2000s social media behemoths, perhaps the ’10s are the decade of the algorithm. 

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"The Decade of the Algorithm"?! Um, no.

The Decade of Mobile Smartphones and Tablets, yes.

Algorithms are important but Mobile is WAY more important.

OK, I think the OKCupid one is just plain stupid.  I'd take it off the list and put Bayes Algorithm as the number 1.  Bayes spawned a whole generation of big data, AI, legal analysis, medical treatment and diagnosis, materials, weather prediction and anything else you can imagine you do with NP computing problems. 

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