Show Notes:



Episode 12

Big Data is a Weapon of Math Destruction

15 August 2017



 



Big data is bandied around as the silver bullet to countless problems.

From helping us make smarter business decisions through to choosing which suburb we should live in, big data the catch cry heard around the world.



Mix in a little artificial intelligence, and Bob’s your uncle, right?



Not necessarily.



Cathy O’Neil, an American mathematician, Data Scientist, Ted Talk Speaker, and author, her latest book, Weapons of Math Destruction, argues big data contains more human bias than we care to admit, and that’s leading to a toxic cocktail for our very democracy.



 



More information:

Host: Mike Lynch

Guest Co-host: Andy McLean



Guests:

Cathy O'Neil



Links:



Weapons of Math Destruction



https://mathbabe.org/



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