Weapons of math destruction how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy
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 j...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Broadway Books
[2017]
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| Edición: | First paperback edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009624861706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
