The coronavirus pandemic has brought questions around testing, and now with the tracing app, algorithm design to a strategic and political audience.
In this podcast I look at the fact that ‘errors’ are part of everyday life in testing and apps; and that tests and algorithms are designed by someone to minimise certain errors in a trade-off with others. But rhetoric often focuses on reducing errors rather than seeking a desirable balanced position.
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