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Cathy O'Neil — Weapons of Math Destruction
O'Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction (2016)
Author
Cathy O'Neil
Date
2016
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A data scientist's case studies of opaque, unaccountable algorithms in credit, policing, and hiring. Concrete and well-documented.

Citation · Chicago

Cathy O'Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (New York: Crown, 2016).

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