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heuristics

/ ʊəˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. functioning as singular maths logic a method or set of rules for solving problems other than by algorithm See also algorithm artificial intelligence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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When we rely on meritocracies — when we tell ourselves that we’re capable of judging merit "objectively," whatever that might mean — bias and heuristics inevitably come into play.

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To use the editor, one uploads a dataset to Umwelt, which employs heuristics to automatically creates default representations in each modality.

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But the evidence also shows that many voters use heuristics and other decision-making shortcuts to reason their way through complex questions of politics.

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When faced with a hard problem, we use mental shortcuts called heuristics to help us make decisions without fully understanding everything about the problem we’re facing.

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These two Israeli psychologists pioneered the study of mental shortcuts that humans rely on to make decisions, known as heuristics.

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