Frederick: PMs must define the boundaries between algorithms and humans
Adriel Frederick · Humanizing product development | Adriel Frederick (Reddit, Lyft, Facebook) · Oct 20, 2022 · at 36:15
Adriel Frederick (VP of Product Management at Reddit X, former PM lead at Facebook and Lyft) discusses the role of product managers when building algorithmic products.
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“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.”
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