Veronica Alvarez, Math: “Algorithms Are Tools that Help Us Make Decisions, They Don’t Come to Replace Us”

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The algorithms are chameleonical. As these reptiles do, they are camouflaged. They adjust their forms in order to adapt to millions of users and survive. Fields such as the detection of bank fraud or the recommendation systems of Amazon and Netflix demonstrate their eternal evolution. Veronica Álvarez knows well. Training mathematics, born in Zaragoza 27 years ago, has made this ability to adapt its main line of research. Her work has recently b…