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ISBN
9780141985411
Subject Area
Political Science
Publication Name
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
Subject
Economics, Computer Science, Science, Politics
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
198mm
Author
Cathy O'neil
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
202g
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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A former Wall Street data scientist sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life - and threaten to rip apart our social fabric We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - whether we get a job or a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness- everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. But as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary 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, creating a toxic cocktail for democracy. Tracing the arc of a person's life, Cathy O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future 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. O'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives.

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Political Science
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Cathy O'neil
Publication Name
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Economics, Computer Science, Science, Politics
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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  • by 094181
    23 Jun, 2021

    Clever title

    Interesting book. Relevant to our times

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: cmedia_group

  • by claire07858
    19 Jan, 2018

    Great thank you

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: agr_books

  • by thefitfreak
    25 Jul, 2018

    Insightful and Current

    Well-written, and very insightful. This piece amazingly describes the dangers of automated algorithms which increasingly rule all industries across the world. An essential read for all scientists out there, and all citizens of the modern world!

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