The Apex of Technological Birth

In many places, birth by emergency surgery–the C-section–is increasingly the norm. Part three in a series on technological childbirth.

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Podcast #14: Cathy O’Neil on the problem of algorithms

Mathematician Cathy O’Neil shares her insider’s look at how algorithms are gaming our world, with terrible consequences for those who can least afford them.

By Mo Lotman | December 13, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Education, Government, Media, Podcasts, Politics, Prediction, Society | Algorithms, Banking, Big Data, Black Box, College Rankings, COMPAS, Credit, Criminal Justice, Data Brokers, DE Shaw, Education, Facebook, Inequality, Internet, Julia Angwin, LSI-R, Math, Micro-Targeting, Optimization, Politics, Polling, Predatory Advertising, Racism, Recidivism, Risk, Scoring Systems, Teachers, Testing, Unfairness, US News & World Report, Value-Added Model, Websites

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