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Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil.
"A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780553418835
- ISBN: 0553418831
- ISBN: 9780451497338
- ISBN: 0451497333
- Physical Description: xii, 275 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, [2017]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published by Crown in 2016.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Bomb parts : what is a model? -- Shell shocked : my journey of disillusionment -- Arms race : going to college -- Propaganda machine : online advertising -- Civilian casualties : justice in the age of big data -- Ineligible to serve : getting a job -- Sweating bullets : on the job -- Collateral damage : landing credit -- No safe zone : getting insurance -- The targeted citizen : civic life.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | QA76.9 .B45 O64 2017 (Text) | 30241697 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
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âA manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.ââFinancial Times
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our livesâwhere we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insuranceâare being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
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But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy OâNeil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when theyâre wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discriminationâpropping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.