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Cathy O'Neil: The era of blind faith in big data must end
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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.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;algorithm;data;inequality;marketing;society;technology;TED2017;2017
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