“There’s no technical reason why these algorithms need to be black boxes; the real reason is to maintain the power structure.”
I’m kind of amazed that the article has the courage to say this out loud. The New York Times or any mainstream publication would never have been so honest.
If anything they would have said some weasel words like “some ex-associates of shipt have complained that the app’s compensation system is unfair.” Rather than just blurt out the truth, which is that it’s unfair by design because the owners of the app want to maintain a certain power relationship. It’s the kind of thing that everyone knows but is not allowed to say in printed form.
> I’m kind of amazed that the article has the courage to say this out loud. The New York Times or any mainstream publication would never have been so honest.
It's the IEEE, (we) Engineers are known for having an aversion to bullshit, and just for straight-up having no filter. I wish more of the world worked that way.
I’m kind of amazed that the article has the courage to say this out loud. The New York Times or any mainstream publication would never have been so honest.
If anything they would have said some weasel words like “some ex-associates of shipt have complained that the app’s compensation system is unfair.” Rather than just blurt out the truth, which is that it’s unfair by design because the owners of the app want to maintain a certain power relationship. It’s the kind of thing that everyone knows but is not allowed to say in printed form.