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 / Cathy O'Neil. - London : Penguin Books, 2017. - x, 259 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2016.
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. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination.
9780141985411 (pbk.) : £9.99
Big data--Social aspects.
Mathematical models--Social aspects.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
Democracy.
Computers and IT.
Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil. - London : Penguin Books, 2017. - x, 259 pages ; 20 cm
Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2016.
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. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination.
9780141985411 (pbk.) : £9.99
Big data--Social aspects.
Mathematical models--Social aspects.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
Democracy.
Computers and IT.
