Summary Of Hey, Computer Sciences Stop Hating On The Humanities

Hey, Computer Sciences Stop Hating On The Humanities is a magazine article written by Emma Pierson (2017) for employers seeking programmers and universities with computer science programs. In which, Pierson explains the consequences of ignoring the teachings of the humanities in universities. However, based on the emphasis Pierson places on the ‘‘worrisome” thoughts and “difficult dilemma” on “ algorithms” in paragraphs three and fours and in conjunction with McLuhan’s philosophy of facing the anxiety that comes with critically analyzing flawed ‘ algorithms’ that ‘Narcosis Narcotic’ hides, the issue that Pierson targets is really the dependence that system placed on blind, arrogant programmers of flawed “algorithms” that cause “social disparities”

This arrogance towards the humanities demonstrates a binary in attitudes regarding the admiration that programming skills have. She describes the programmers as “ignorant” as a way to explain that the programmers are closed minded and are unaware that they are uneducated in moral decision making and ethical training thus, illustrating blindness. Besides, Pierson also feels that she is ‘constantly confronting’ the limits of coding, showing that it cannot solve all problems and that the teachings of Humanities can be necessary for programming to solve

This is a difficult dilemma: In criminal justice, for example, you're confronted with the fact that an algorithm that fulfills basic statistical desiderata is also a lot more likely to rate black defendants as high-risk even when they will not go on to commit another crime.”. Pierson utilizes the creation of “social disparities” by algorithms as a way to illustrate the negative societal effects that algorithms create yet, illustrating the lack of ethical accountability necessary to prevent certain disparities from occurring. The use of “difficult dilemma” demonstrate that the author believes there is some duality in the use of algorithms; that there are benefits to algorithms. However, it shows that the author also believes that there are flaws that require fix because it is demonstrating prejudice as algorithms are ‘more likely to rate black defendants as high-risk.’ when used in the criminal justice system.
McLuhan's explains that of any form of an extension of the body, creates a “Narcissus Narcotic” state; in which it unconsciously disables the user from being aware of external societal and internal personal experience happening around them because it allows the user to escape the trauma the occurs during the transformation of values. However, it is