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Libro Semana 10/52: "Armas de destrucción matemática: Cómo el big data aumenta la desigualdad y amenaza la democracia", de Cathy O'Neil, muestra el como las Armas de Destrucción Matemática (ADM) que son los distintos modelos matemáticos que son utilizados para generar políticas, tanto públicas como privadas, impactan los mismos sistemas creando incentivos perversos. Elecciones, seguros, educación y muchos otros son los ejemplos que la autora utiliza para mostrar lo complejo de su utilización.
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A well written book about the dangers of the collection and usage of mass data.
Worth a read through as it might give you some ideas on how to navigate these hidden algorithms that are making decisions for us without many of us being aware what their criteria are.
Worth a read through as it might give you some ideas on how to navigate these hidden algorithms that are making decisions for us without many of us being aware what their criteria are.
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