Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
This book is a daring exposé of how data algorithms are being used in ways that exacerbate social inequality and erode democracy. It explores the dark side of Big Data, explaining how seemingly benign mathematical models buried in computing systems can generate destructive biases. Author Cathy O'Neil devotes a critical eye to the mathematical models that determine so much of our lives today.Published in Sep 5, 2016
