The Tears of Donald Knuth (2015)
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Summary
The article discusses the emotional toll on computer science pioneer Donald Knuth, who was deeply affected by the realization that his influential work on algorithms had been used to enable mass surveillance and control. It explores the ethical dilemmas faced by technologists as their creations are applied in ways they did not intend.
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