Most of us know that Google uses algorithms to ensure they present you with relevant search results. Information, images and data that is relevant to what you are searching for when you use Google’s search bar.
The google algorithm is probably the best known of all algorithms and there is much debate about it’s effectiveness and whether google does or doesn’t get it right.
But what are algorithms and how are they used in our oh so modern world. Do they in fact have any relevance to the life of the ordinary man in the street?
Kevin Slavin answers that question and argues that we’re living in a world designed for, and increasingly controlled by algorithms.