Ants and Algorithms
David Sumpter describes the algorithms ruling the world
More or Less · BBC Radio 4
January 9, 20218m 58s
Show Notes
What can ants tells us about whether something deserves to be popular? This is a question tackled in David Sumpter’s book – ‘The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too.’ He tells Tim Harford about some of the algorithms that you see in nature, and those harnessed by tech companies such as YouTube.