Research- Algorithmicality

 Exploring the world and uses of algorithms has led to many revelations; the realization that much of what we consume in terms of media isn't ours to choose to view, but handed to us on a golden platter built up on millions of lines of code. This information allowed me to birth a new term: Algorithmicality.

Algorithmicality can refer to anything that is executed in an algorithmic manner. When loading/unloading a dishwasher we subconsciously choose which set of dishes are put in first and which are last, this could be based upon a number of things, from size and shape, to colour and feel. When a painter/decorator paints a wall they have a very specific way that they personally do it, whether that be from top to bottom, left to right, from the outer edge to the centre. Algorithms are in our DNA, our DNA is an algorithm.

This diagram, taken from an essay titled Algorithms in nature: The convergence of systems biology and computational thinking, perfectly displays the distinct similarities between the human mind, the product of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution and the algorithm, a digital system still in its absolute infancy. This brings up plenty more questions than it answers, the main one being: are algorithms similar to us because we intentionally made them that way, or are we hard-wired to recreate versions of ourselves from a primal, survivalist instinct?

Ziv Bar-Joseph. (2011). Algorithms in nature: The convergence of systems biology and computational thinking. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51784227_Algorithms_in_nature_The_convergence_of_systems_biology_and_computational_thinking.