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22 Jul 2013 22:30

By generating algorithms that prioritize where to send data, the computer outwits human solutions to network congestion. If you're reading this, you're probably using a version of the transmission control protocol, or TCP, a system that regulates internet traffic to prevent congestion. It works, and it's getting better all the time. But it was a system made by puny humans--surely our machine-overlords can do better. Yes, and possibly as much as two or three times better, say the MIT researchers ...
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