algorithm

also referred to as: algorithms

4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 20, 2022 by Adriel Frederick · across every show →

Everything said about algorithm, oldest first

Oct 20, 2022 positive
Insight
Frederick: PMs must define the boundaries between algorithms and humans
“When you are working on algorithmic heavy products, your job is figuring out what the algorithm should be responsible for, what people are responsible for, and the framework for making decisions.”
Adriel Frederick Oct 20, 2022 ▶ 36:15 Humanizing product development | Adriel Frederick (Reddit, Lyft, Facebook)
Oct 20, 2022 negative
Insight
Frederick: Algorithmic optimization fails because models lack context on long-term product intent
“The reason that falls down is the algorithms don't understand long-term effects often. Nor do they understand how people might respond to it, nor do they understand your intent for the product.”
Adriel Frederick Oct 20, 2022 ▶ 35:56 Humanizing product development | Adriel Frederick (Reddit, Lyft, Facebook)
Nov 13, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Hardiman: NYT trains algorithms on editorial importance scores from journalists
“We're training algorithms on specific data sets like editorial importance scores that actually come from our journalists. And what that allows us to do is actually scale editorial judgment to a large group of readers. And those algorithms, what I think is just…”
Alex Hardiman Nov 13, 2022 ▶ 56:08 An inside look at how the New York Times builds product | Alex Hardiman (CPO, the New York Times)
Apr 12, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rabois: Future content markets will bifurcate between human provenance and pure algorithms
“I think there's going to be a curated experience with a premium of provenance, you know, that, you know, it's human created. And then there's just going to be a sort of a rank filtering of what's the best content and whether it's AI generated or not, it's a li…”
Keith Rabois Apr 12, 2026 ▶ 46:51 Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)
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