TED Talks

Cathy O'Neil: The era of blind faith in big data must end (2017x165)

Fecha de emisión: Ago 22, 2017

Algorithms decide who gets a loan, who gets a job interview, who gets insurance and much more -- but they don't automatically make things fair. Mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil coined a term for algorithms that are secret, important and harmful: "weapons of math destruction." Learn more about the hidden agendas behind the formulas.