Algorithms Make Fewer Mistakes Than Humans. Why Don't We Trust Them?

17/05/2021 33 min
Algorithms Make Fewer Mistakes Than Humans. Why Don't We Trust Them?

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The Nobel Prize-winning behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman on why human “noise” makes systems less fair.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.
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