Each algorithm can usually be represented by a set of straightforward steps, and programmers often use visual flowcharts to show their thought processes for solving each individual step with code.

But while algorithms may make recommendations, human managers don’t always follow them - and it’s important to understand why. To examine how humans and algorithms interact, Felipe Caro of ...

Machine-learning algorithms are responsible for the vast majority of the artificial intelligence advancements and applications you hear about. (For more background, check out our first flowchart ...

When you write an algorithm, the order of the instructions is very important. NARRATION: If we want a computer to understand how to do something we need to give it an algorithm. MOUSE: Pick up brush!

To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.

Computers are only as good as the algorithms they are given. If you give a computer a poor algorithm, you will get a poor result – hence the phrase: ‘Garbage in, garbage out.’ Algorithms are ...