Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
by Cathy O'Neil
Recommended by Tim O’Reilly and Tom Peters
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Big Data, Best Artificial Intelligence Books, and Data Science.
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling?a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality. We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives?where we go to school, whether we get a car loan, how much we pay for health insurance?are being mad...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Big Data, Best Artificial Intelligence Books, and Data Science.
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Tim O’Reilly
“"Algorithms are opinions embedded in code." @mathbabedotorg #TED2017 Read her book, Weapons of Math Destruction | Gives 'big data' a muchneeded punch in the nose. Bravo! Big data can be invaluable but can do incalculable harm as well.”
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