Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy
By: O'Neil, Cathy.
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BookPublisher: UK : Penguin, 2016Description: x, 259 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780141985411.Subject(s): Human behavior Mathematical models | Big data Social aspects | Mathematical models Social aspects | Algorithms Social aspects | AlgorithmsDDC classification: 303.4834 Summary: We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for 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.
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