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15 - Computer Science and Ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2020

Serge Abiteboul
Affiliation:
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt
Gilles Dowek
Affiliation:
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
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Summary

Algorithms transform the relationship between human beings and nature, and in doing so, transform nature itself. This leads us to examine the relationship between the digital revolution and another transformative factor in our world today: the ecological transition.

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The Age of Algorithms , pp. 125 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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