--- title: "11 Algorithmic Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Algorithmic quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Algorithmic sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/kate-crawford-15804_decisions_we-should-have-equivalent-due-process-pr_1232958.jpg" --- > [We should have equivalent due-process protections for algorithmic decisions as for human decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-crawford/we-should-have-equivalent-due-process-protections-for-algorithmic/) [Kate Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/kate-crawford-15804_decisions_we-should-have-equivalent-due-process-pr_1232958.jpg) > [My fantasy is that there is a new regulatory body that is in charge of algorithmic auditing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-o-neil/my-fantasy-is-that-there-is-a-new-regulatory-body-that-is-in-charge/) [Cathy O'Neil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-o-neil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/cathy-o-neil-11478_body_my-fantasy-is-that-there-is-a-new-regula_737661.jpg) > [Matching the right kidney to the right patient is one example of an algorithmic artificial intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hari-sreenivasan/matching-the-right-kidney-to-the-right-patient-is-one-example-of-an/) [Hari Sreenivasan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hari-sreenivasan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/hari-sreenivasan-42943_artificial_matching-the-right-kidney-to-the-right-p_2756257.jpg) > [Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/verity-stob/lisp-is-still-1-for-key-algorithmic-techniques-such-as-recursion-and/) [Verity Stob](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/verity-stob/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/verity-stob-69579_condescension_lisp-is-still-1-for-key-algorithmic-tech_209135.jpg) > [Histories of discrimination can live on in digital platforms, and if they go unquestioned, they become part of the logic of everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-crawford/histories-of-discrimination-can-live-on-in-digital-platforms-and-if/) [Kate Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/kate-crawford-15804_digital_histories-of-discrimination-can-live-on_1943705.jpg) > [“Cathy O’Neil claims that this reliance on historical data is a fundamental problem with many algorithmic systems: “Big data processes codify the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-wachter-boettcher/cathy-o-neil-claims-that-this-reliance-on-historical-data-is-a/) [Sara Wachter-Boettcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-wachter-boettcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/sara-wachter-boettcher-51138_data_cathy-o-neil-claims-that-this-reliance-o_710209.jpg) > [The mind is complicated and you can't trace the roots of its processes, but there is something about mathematical and algorithmic patterns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/the-mind-is-complicated-and-you-can-t-trace-the-roots-of-its/) [Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/aleksandar-hemon-1490_complicated_the-mind-is-complicated-and-you-can-t-tr_1814089.jpg) > [In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. All the works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful-machine-it-is-not-requisite/) [Daniel Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/daniel-dennett-3895_beautiful_in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful_3181632.png) > [We urgently need more due process with the algorithmic systems influencing our lives. If you are given a score that jeopardizes your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-crawford/we-urgently-need-more-due-process-with-the-algorithmic-systems/) [Kate Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/kate-crawford-15804_data_we-urgently-need-more-due-process-with-t_461400.jpg) > [“is an assemblage of organic algorithms shaped by natural selection over millions of years of evolution. 2. Algorithmic calculations are not affected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/is-an-assemblage-of-organic-algorithms-shaped-by-natural-selection/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/yuval-noah-harari-100_natural-selection_is-an-assemblage-of-organic-algorithms-s_1262591.jpg) > [“1.​Organisms are algorithms. Every animal – including Homo sapiens – is an assemblage of organic algorithms shaped by natural selection over millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/1-organisms-are-algorithms-every-animal-including-homo-sapiens-is-an/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/yuval-noah-harari-100_natural-selection_1-organisms-are-algorithms-every-animal_2104726.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/algorithmic/#itemlist", "name": "Algorithmic Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should have equivalent due-process protections for algorithmic decisions as for human decisions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate Crawford" }, "url": 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All the works of human genius can be understood in the end to be products of a cascade of generate-and-test procedures that are, at bottom, algorithmic and mindless", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Dennett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dennett/in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful-machine-it-is-not-requisite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/daniel-dennett-3895_beautiful_in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful_3181632.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/daniel-dennett-3895_beautiful_in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful_3181632.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/daniel-dennett-3895_beautiful_in-order-to-make-a-perfect-and-beautiful_3181632.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In order to make a perfect and beautiful machine, it is not requisite to know how to make it. 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If you are given a score that jeopardizes your ability to get a job, housing, or education, you should have the right to see that data, know how it was generated, and be able to correct errors and contest the decision.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate Crawford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-crawford/we-urgently-need-more-due-process-with-the-algorithmic-systems/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/kate-crawford-15804_data_we-urgently-need-more-due-process-with-t_461400.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/kate-crawford-15804_data_we-urgently-need-more-due-process-with-t_461400.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/kate-crawford-15804_data_we-urgently-need-more-due-process-with-t_461400.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We urgently need more due process with the algorithmic systems influencing our lives. 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As long as the calculations remain valid, what does it matter whether the algorithms are manifested in carbon or silicon?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yuval Noah Harari" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/is-an-assemblage-of-organic-algorithms-shaped-by-natural-selection/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/yuval-noah-harari-100_natural-selection_is-an-assemblage-of-organic-algorithms-s_1262591.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/yuval-noah-harari-100_natural-selection_is-an-assemblage-of-organic-algorithms-s_1262591.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/yuval-noah-harari-100_natural-selection_is-an-assemblage-of-organic-algorithms-s_1262591.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“is an assemblage of organic algorithms shaped by natural selection over millions of years of evolution. 2…” — Yuval Noah Harari", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“1.​Organisms are algorithms. Every animal – including Homo sapiens – is an assemblage of organic algorithms shaped by natural selection over millions of years of evolution. 2.​Algorithmic calculations are not affected by the materials from which the calculator is built. Whether an abacus is made of wood, iron or plastic, two beads plus two beads equals four beads. 3.​Hence there is no reason to think that organic algorithms can do things that non-organic algorithms will never be able to replicate or surpass. 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