The Annoyance of Algorithms

"WE OWE A lot to 9th century Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. Centuries after his death, al-Khwarizmi's works introduced Europe to decimals and algebra, laying some of the foundations for today’s techno-centric age. The latinized version of his name has become a common word: algorithm."

TL;DR:  At one time our view of algorithms was as very useful tools. But our awareness and understanding of "algorithms" is changing.  We are starting to view them as something more negative as they are used to determine what we view in online sites, like Google searches, Facebook newsfeeds, YouTube viewing recommendations, etc.

Here's the full Wired article

https://www.wired.com/story/2017-was-the-year-we-fell-out-of-love-with-algorithms/


... and this just appeared in the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-politics-radical.html