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Weapons of Math Destruction is a 2016 American book about the societal impact of algorithms, written by Cathy O'Neil. It explores how some big data algorithms are increasingly used in ways that reinforce preexisting inequality.
These “weapons of math destruction” score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health. O’Neil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use.
Weapons of Math Destruction. : Cathy O'Neil. Crown, Sep 6, 2016 - Political Science - 288 pages. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the...
Weapons of Math Destruction opens the curtain on algorithms that exploit people and distort the truth while posing as neutral mathematical tools.
Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These "weapons of math destruction" score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health.
‘Weapons of Math Destruction’ is a timely book about the increasing influence of algorithms to control the news we see, the jobs we can get and the politicians we vote for; algorithms working tirelessly on someone’s behalf (not yours), unseen and unaccountable.
These “Weapons of Math Destruction”—as O’Neil calls them—are (1) “opaque,” (2) “beyond dispute or appeal,” and (3) disproportionally impact the underprivileged.
These "weapons of math destruction" score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and...
Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These "weapons of math destruction" score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health.
In Weapons of Math Destruction, mathematician and writer Cathy O’Neil explores the world of Big Data —and its insidious, fast-growing control over almost every aspect of modern life.