Algorithms Quote by Donald Knuth

I grew up as a computer scientist, and I've always been fascinated by algorithms.

— Hilary Mason

As algorithms push humans out of the job market, wealth and power might become concentrated in the hands of the tiny elite that owns…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“no matter how much tech companies talk about algorithms like they’re nothing but advanced math, they always reflect the values of their creators:”

— Sara Wachter-Boettcher

“the algorithms might actually come to own businesses instead of just managing them, and humans could end up working for and paying rent to…

— GBF Summary

In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances…

— Donald Knuth

I am worried that algorithms are getting too prominent in the world. It started out that computer scientists were worried nobody was listening to…

— Donald Knuth

Imagine life without any algorithms at all, you wouldn't be able to do anything. This is already completely encompassing. We have a habit of…

— Hannah Fry

“Many new jobs are likely to appear in the 21st century. The crucial problem will be creating new jobs that humans can perform better…

— GBF Summary

All around us, algorithms provide a kind of convenient source of authority: an easy way to delegate responsibility, a short cut we take without…

— Hannah Fry

“As much as I love and have benefited from artificial intelligence, I believe that only people can discover such things and then program computers…

— Ray Dalio

“The crucial problem is creating new jobs that humans perform better than algorithms.20”

— Yuval Noah Harari

It is cheaper to pay mathematicians and computer scientists to design algorithms that will eliminate webspamming, rather than to pay lawyers to do lawsuits.

— Jennifer Tour Chayes