Algorithms Quote by Robert Tarjan

Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small.

— Anonymous

I don't like the algorithms that don't do what they claim they do.

— Hannah Fry

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

Because, ultimately, we can't just think of algorithms in isolation. We have to think of the failings of the people who design them -…

— Hannah Fry

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

“One of the implicit principles of computer science, as odd as it may sound, is that computation is bad: the underlying directive of any…

— Brian Christian

“Lots of very funny code is written because people don’t take the time to understand the algorithm.”

— Robert C. Martin

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

— Hilary Mason

“Effective algorithms make assumptions, show a bias toward a simple solutions, trade off the costs of error against the cost of delay, and take…

— Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

There are lots of different ways that algorithms can go wrong, and what we have now is a system in which we assume because…

— Cathy O'Neil

Humans are very good at making algorithms work eventually.

— Usama Fayyad

Once you see the problems that algorithms can introduce, people can be quick to want to throw them away altogether and think the situation…

— Hannah Fry