Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy /

Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy /

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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 ac...

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Main Author: O'Neil, Cathy (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, 2016
New York Crown Publishers [2016]
2016
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
21st century
Big data > Political aspects > United States
Big data > Social aspects > United States
Democracy > United States
Democracy
Social indicators > Mathematical models > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
Social indicators > Mathematical models > Moral and ethical aspects
Big data
Big data > Political aspects
Big data > Social aspects
Social conditions
Social indicators
Social indicators > Mathematical models
2000s
Data sets > utilization
Political science
Politics, Practical
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Datasets as Topic > statistics & numerical data
Politics
Data mining > methods
Data Accuracy
Data Mining > methods
Social Environment
United States > Social conditions > 21st century
United States
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