Weapons of Math Destruction
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“A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”—Financial Times
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • Wired • Fortune • Kirkus Reviews • The Guardian • Nature • On Point
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O’Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they’re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination—propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
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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!
Description
“A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”—Financial Times
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • Wired • Fortune • Kirkus Reviews • The Guardian • Nature • On Point
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O’Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they’re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination—propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
Book Information
Posts
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!