Weapons of Math Destruction
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Beschreibung
'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year
In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, 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 - 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 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. 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.
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. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.
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Leseempfehlung mit kleinen Einschränkungen
Das Buch richtet sich stark am Alltag in den USA aus, jedoch sind die Inhalte gut auf Europa übertragbar. Wer sich bereits mit dem Thema beschäftigt hat, findet wenig Neues – trotzdem bleibt es eine klare Empfehlung. Die verständliche Darstellung zeigt, wie sehr Algorithmen unser Leben beeinflussen – ein Thema, das jeden betrifft.
"Math deserves much better than WMDs, and democracy does too." Eye-opening and shocking book about what algorithms can do, what we let them do and how we can stop it. Cathy O'Neil describes mathematical models but makes sure her book is entertaining and understandable for anyone. Highly recommend this book!
Beschreibung
'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year
In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, 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 - 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 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. 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.
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. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
Leseempfehlung mit kleinen Einschränkungen
Das Buch richtet sich stark am Alltag in den USA aus, jedoch sind die Inhalte gut auf Europa übertragbar. Wer sich bereits mit dem Thema beschäftigt hat, findet wenig Neues – trotzdem bleibt es eine klare Empfehlung. Die verständliche Darstellung zeigt, wie sehr Algorithmen unser Leben beeinflussen – ein Thema, das jeden betrifft.
"Math deserves much better than WMDs, and democracy does too." Eye-opening and shocking book about what algorithms can do, what we let them do and how we can stop it. Cathy O'Neil describes mathematical models but makes sure her book is entertaining and understandable for anyone. Highly recommend this book!