{"product_id":"weapons-of-math-destruction-cathy-oneil","title":"Weapons of Math Destruction (Cathy O'Neil)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A manual for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' -  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, \u003ci\u003eGuardian Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These \"weapons of math destruction\" score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCathy O'Neil\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWeapons of Math Destruction,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Euler Book Prize and was longlisted for the National Book Award. She received her PhD in mathematics from Harvard and has worked in finance, tech, and academia. She launched the Lede Program for data journalism at Columbia University and recently founded ORCAA, an algorithmic auditing company. O'Neil is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65808606396765,"sku":"K061324473","price":13.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6132447300001A.jpg?v=1788502203","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/weapons-of-math-destruction-cathy-oneil","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}