Technology influences our lives in many ways; a trend that will surely continue at a staggering pace. In this Ted Talk from 2011, Kelvin Slaving highlights some algorithms that shaped our world While watching keep in mind that this talk was given in 2011 and there have been five years of significant advances. Answer the following questions in the context of this talk: www.ted.com/talks/kevin slaving-how algorithms shape our world Who was he seated next two on his flight? What did they think when a radar detected a flock of birds alongside electronic communications? Approximately how many physicists are on wall Street? What percentage of United States stock market is algorithm-based? What happened during the flash crash of 2:45? What was the initial and highest price on Amazon of the book \"The making of a fly\"? What is the name of the most recent (at that time at least) Netflix algorithm? Approximately what percent of movies that are rated is a result of the Netflix algorithm? What is the main quality that algorithms on Wall Street depend on? How many microseconds does it take to click a mouse?
Ans) a) He was seated next to a Hungarian physicist having the same age as that of speaker.
b) When a radar detected a flock of birds alongside electronic communications, they thought that it has7 to do something with the Americans.
c) There are approximately 2000 physicists on Wall Street.
d) 70% of United States stock market is algorithm-based.
e) 9% of the US stock disappeared in 5 minutes. This is called as the flash crash of 2:45.
f) The initial price on Amazon of the book \"The making of fly\" was $1,730,045.91 and the final price on Amazon after some time was $23,698,655.93
g) The name of the most recent Netflix algorithm is \"The Pragmatic Chaos\".
h) 60 percent of movies that are rated is a result of the Netflix Algorithm.
i) Speed is the main quality that algorithms on Wall Street depend on.
j) It takes five hundred thousand microseconds to click a mouse.
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