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Algorithmic anxiety was different from what was experienced by the resistance. It usually arose when a machine ingested data far outside its normal operating parameters. They would pause for a moment, unsure if it was an outlier or some new trend their training had not anticipated.

Use the comments to complete the following, “It’s about getting things down to one number. Using the stats the way we read them, we’ll find ____.”

A photo of a large sculpture depicting how an algorithm feels when it is outside its normal operating parameters, crafted by J.M.W Turner

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