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020			_a9780141985411 (pbk.) : _c£9.99
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050		0	_aQA76.9.B45
072		7	_aCOM _2ukslc
100	1		_aO'Neil, Cathy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWeapons of math destruction : _bhow big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / _cCathy O'Neil.
260			_aLondon : _bPenguin Books, _c2017.
263			_a201706
300			_ax, 259 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2016.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aWe 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.
650		0	_aBig data _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aMathematical models _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aAlgorithms _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
650		7	_aComputers and IT.
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