Weapons of Math Destruction
by Cathy O'Neil · Cathy O'Neil
A mathematician and former quant examines opaque algorithms used in credit scoring, hiring, policing, insurance and targeted advertising. Readers learn how data collected about people feeds models that reinforce inequality, and what makes a scoring model scalable, unaccountable and harmful.
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