Weapons of Math Destruction Free Download Epud By Cathy O'Neil
| Title | : | Weapons of Math Destruction |
| Author | : | Cathy O'Neil |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 272 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0553418815 |
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality 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 ma A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality 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 O Neil reveals in this shocking book, the opposite is true The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and uncontestable, even when they re wrong Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination If a poor student can t get a loan because a lending model deems him too risky by virtue of his race or neighborhood , he s 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 person s life, from college to retirement, O Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society Models that score teachers and students, sort resumes, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health all have pernicious feedback loops They don t simply describe reality, as proponents claim, they change reality, by expanding or limiting the opportunities people have O Neil calls on modelers to take responsibility for how their algorithms are being used But in the end, it s up to us to become 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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Published :2016-02-26T03:58+01:00
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen i
272 pagesCathy O'Neil
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