Algorithms quietly run the city of DC—and maybe your hometown
Dmitry Marchenko/Getty Images reader comments 26 with 17 posters participating Share this story Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation to screen housing applicants, predict criminal recidivism, identify food assistance fraud, determine… Read More »