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Re:IMF researchers: digital footprint yields better credit a... by dredmorbius on Friday February 12, 2021 @09:06PM (#26120797)
Cathy O'Neil's done some excellent work in this area. "Algorithms are opinions embedded in code."

There's a summary of it on the TED Radio Hour here:

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/26/580617998/cathy-oneil-do-algo...

TED Talk https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/cathy_o_neil_the_era_of_blin... (video)

Cathy O’Neil Is Unimpressed by Your AI Bias Removal Tool (A RedTail Q&A) https://redtailmedia.org/2018/10/29/redtail-talks-about-flip...

Weapons of Math Destruction: Cathy O'Neil adds up the damage of algorithms https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/27/cathy-oneil-we...

Human Insights missing from Big Data: https://www.ted.com/talks/tricia_wang_the_human_insights_mis...

Further references:

Weapons of Math Detruction outlines dangers of relying on data analytics: https://www.npr.org/2016/09/12/493654950/weapons-of-math-des...

Can Big Data Really Help Screen Immigrants? https://www.npr.org/2017/12/15/571199955/dhs-wants-to-build-...

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