Agency of algorithms and decision-makers

- When we think about Artificial Intelligence … and how it works, and how it might make decisions, … and act on it's own, we tend to think of things like this. … You've got the robot holding the computer right next to you. … But the fact is, most of the time … when we're dealing with Artificial Intelligence, … it's something a lot closer to this. … Nevertheless, I want to suggest at least … four ways that working data science can contribute … to the interplay of human and Artificial Intelligence … of personal and machine agency. … The first is what I call simple Recommendations. … And then there's Human-in-the-Loop decision making. … Then Human-Accessible decisions, … and then Machine-Centric processing and action. … And I want to talk a little more about each of these. … Let's start with Recommendations. … This is where the algorithm processes your data … and makes a recommendation, … or suggestion to you and you can either take it or leave it. … A few places where this approach shows up are things …