On: Engage with an unemployment algorithm

[Olphs]

Is the "algorithm" that simple tree at the end? Really confusing

[yobbo → Olphs]

It's most likely a trained decision tree with binary output.

[laputan_machine → yobbo]

Trained in what way? I'd have thought this was just a hard-coded DT, it's multiple-choice questions all the way down

[yobbo → laputan_machine]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_tree_learning

[hampereddustbin → Olphs]

Maybe it is to bring about it's simplicity, or a sarcastic tounge-in-cheek jab at it. The word "algorithm" doesen't really distinguish it's complexity in any way. It's just a sequence of steps.

[danuker → Olphs]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_tree