O`Neil Cathy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy 9780553418835

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Автор: O`Neil Cathy
Название: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
ISBN: 9780553418835
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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ISBN-10: 0553418831
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 288
Вес: 0.18 кг.
Дата издания: 05.09.2017
Язык: English
Размер: 133 x 202 x 20
Подзаголовок: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: Longlisted for the National Book Award
New York Times Bestseller
A former Wall Street quant 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 car loan, how much we pay for health 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.
But as Cathy ONeil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable, even when theyre wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination: If a poor student cant get a loan because a lending model deems him too risky (by virtue of his zip code), hes then cut off from the kind of education that could pull him out of poverty, and a vicious spiral ensues. Models are propping up the lucky and punishing the downtrodden, creating a toxic cocktail for democracy. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.
Tracing the arc of a persons life, ONeil 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 resumes, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health.
ONeil calls on modelers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, its 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.
-- Longlist for National Book Award (Non-Fiction)
-- Goodreads, semi-finalist for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards (Science and Technology)
-- Kirkus, Best Books of 2016
-- New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2016 (Non-Fiction)
-- The Guardian, Best Books of 2016
-- WBURs On Point, Best Books of 2016: Staff Picks
-- Boston Globe, Best Books of 2016, Non-Fiction

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, O`Neil Cathy