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Algorithms don't do a good job of detecting their own flaws.

Clay Shirky

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Clay Shirky
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Academic
Scientist
Technology Evangelist
Writer
Columbia
Missouri
Detecting
Algorithms
Flaws
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