Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
O'Neil, Cathy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy - UK Allen Lane Publication 2016 - 259p
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated.
9780241296813
Humanities and Social Science
Democracy
005.07 / NEI
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy - UK Allen Lane Publication 2016 - 259p
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated.
9780241296813
Humanities and Social Science
Democracy
005.07 / NEI