{"id":157096,"date":"2022-01-03T21:10:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms"},"modified":"2022-11-02T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T08:12:39","slug":"what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms","title":{"rendered":"What is an Algorithm? What are the Benefits of Using Algorithms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"line nText\">The concept of algorithm has become an integral part of our lives. You may even have come across this content thanks to an algorithm that thinks it fits your interests. So how do algorithms affect our lives? How much are they in our lives? Let&#8217;s see together.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#What-is-algorithm\" >What is algorithm?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#What-do-algorithms-affect\" >What do algorithms affect?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#Are-we-making-a-mistake-by-giving-decision-mechanisms-to-algorithms\" >Are we making a mistake by giving decision mechanisms to algorithms?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#How-can-algorithms-make-mistakes\" >How can algorithms make mistakes?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#Are-we-aware-of-what-we-are-creating\" >Are we aware of what we are creating?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#Robot-humans-impossible\" >Robot-humans impossible?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/what-is-an-algorithm-what-are-the-benefits-of-using-algorithms\/#Do-they-bring-us-good-or-harm\" >Do they bring us good or harm?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-algorithm\"><\/span>What is algorithm?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage coverImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/u0kkp6.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Algorithms are the invisible leading parts of the written code, they are planned before the code is written, they tell on paper what flow certain tasks will take and how they will be concluded. The algorithm lists what the computer has to do to create a certain output, creates a plan. Experts warn us not to think of algorithms as good or bad in themselves, and say we should pay more attention to the people who program them. Because people make algorithms and coding suitable for algorithms. Malicious people spawn malicious algorithms and malicious software.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"8276300176\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-do-algorithms-affect\"><\/span>What do algorithms affect?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/d5ug1p.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Algorithms decide on issues that are vital to our society: medicine, public transport, welfare programs, criminal justice.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">We started to see the effect of algorithms on everything we touch in every area of our lives. Whenever we search on Google, browse Facebook, or use GPS, we are communicating with algorithms. These aren&#8217;t just Google searches or shopping suggestions. We invited them into our courtrooms, our hospitals, our schools, and we got them to make decisions that would change the way society works.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThanks to him, the quality of life may have improved considerably. Artificial intelligence should also be at a level to help solve big problems like climate change and energy supply.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Wendy Hall \u2013 Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are-we-making-a-mistake-by-giving-decision-mechanisms-to-algorithms\"><\/span>Are we making a mistake by giving decision mechanisms to algorithms?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/979oa3.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">We have a rather complicated relationship with machines. When Siri makes the slightest mistake or GPS miscalculates traffic, we think the whole machine is just a pile of garbage. This is also a wrong approach. The right attitude is this: we should neither blindly trust algorithms nor completely remove them from our lives. Of course they are not perfect. They contain the prejudices of the people who created them. However, they are incredibly effective and make our lives easier.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"8276300176\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are areas where human power is discredited, but humans and machines don&#8217;t have to face each other, we don&#8217;t have to create a world where machines tell us what to do or what to think, we can work together.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Hannah Fry &#8211; Mathematician at University College London<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-can-algorithms-make-mistakes\"><\/span>How can algorithms make mistakes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/s9u4h6.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Algorithms also have areas where they succeed and fail. While they are very good at diagnosing patients, they are not so good at making judgments. This is because our social relationships are quite complicated for them. There are no major factors that affect our social relationship, there are millions of factors, and these lead to completely different results in different sociological conditions. In some hearings in America, judges used these algorithms to make decisions, but they were misleading and the desired efficiency could not be achieved.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"8276300176\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe main problem of algorithm-based decision-making is the lack of auditability. The machines have become a complete closed box. Even developers and operators don&#8217;t fully understand how algorithms produce results. That is why the transparency of the process is very important.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Marc Rotenberg \u2013 Electronic Privacy Information Center Manager<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are-we-aware-of-what-we-are-creating\"><\/span>Are we aware of what we are creating?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/i1vip2.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Despite the convenience it provides us, there are areas where most people are concerned about algorithms. While such a powerful technology is spreading so quickly, it can cause many problems for human rights, privacy and society if necessary precautions are not taken.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Platforms like Google and Facebook are just starting to get interested in the possible consequences of algorithms. Facebook&#8217;s motto is &#8220;Move fast and break things&#8221;. This perspective applies to most of the tech world. However, they are now more careful about what algorithms can cause.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt will look like 1984 but the officials will be corporations, not government officials. If Google doesn&#8217;t split into various organizations in 10-20 years, I&#8217;d be very worried about the future of our democracy.\u201d<br \/>\n-Toby Walsh &#8211; Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"9068969645\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Robot-humans-impossible\"><\/span>Robot-humans impossible?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/dkfilt.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">We are still far from a stage where the distinction between human and artificial intelligence will become unpredictable. A study was conducted to replicate a microscopic threadworm brain. Although this wolf had only 200 neurons in its brain, it was not successful. The latest technology we have<a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?s=yapay%20zeka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?s=yapay%20zeka\"> artificial intelligence<\/a> It is almost impossible for us to replicate the brains of more complex animals, while we cannot even copy the brain of a microscopic wolf.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do-they-bring-us-good-or-harm\"><\/span>Do they bring us good or harm?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">If we look at the overall dimension, algorithms still make our lives easier than creating problems. However, we must be careful and proceed calmly, without moving quickly or breaking things.<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1787826683754973\" data-ad-slot=\"8276300176\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI see that the good aspects outweigh the bad. However, certain people will be affected by these bad aspects, perhaps to a serious extent. Society will decide how to deal with it. Reality will frighten some people, but as we see today, people think they have to use the internet to be a part of society. Even if they fear the consequences, they will accept that they have to live with the consequences of the algorithms.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; David Clark \u2013 Research Scientist at MIT<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"empty-line\" class=\"nText \">Source<a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/technology\/2018\/10\/1\/17882340\/how-algorithms-control-your-life-hannah-fry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/technology\/2018\/10\/1\/17882340\/how-algorithms-control-your-life-hannah-fry\"> one<\/a> ,<a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2017\/nov\/03\/from-health-to-crimefighting-ai-has-brought-us-to-the-threshold-of-a-new-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2017\/nov\/03\/from-health-to-crimefighting-ai-has-brought-us-to-the-threshold-of-a-new-era\"> 2nd<\/a> ,<a class=\"ceo-tooltip-top\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2017\/02\/08\/code-dependent-pros-and-cons-of-the-algorithm-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2017\/02\/08\/code-dependent-pros-and-cons-of-the-algorithm-age\/\"> 3<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of algorithm has become an integral part of our lives. You may even have come across this content thanks to an algorithm that thinks it fits your interests. So how do algorithms affect our lives? How much are they in our lives? Let&#8217;s see together. What is algorithm? 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