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The Ethical Algorithm - The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design (Hardcover)
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The Ethical Algorithm - The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 570
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Over the course of a generation, algorithms have gone from
mathematical abstractions to powerful mediators of daily life. In
evolving from static computer programs hand-coded by engineers to
the products of machine learning, these technologies have made our
lives more efficient, more entertaining, and, sometimes, better
informed. At the same time, complex algorithms are increasingly
crushing the basic rights of individual citizens. Allegedly
anonymized datasets and statistical models routinely leak our most
sensitive personal information; applications for everything from
loans to college reflect racial and gender bias. Meanwhile, users
manipulate algorithms to "game" search engines, spam filters,
online reviewing services and navigation apps. Understanding and
improving the science behind the algorithms that run our lives is
quickly becoming one of the most pressing issues of this century.
Traditional solutions, such as laws, regulations and watchdog
groups, have proven woefully inadequate, at best. Derived from the
cutting-edge of scientific research, The Ethical Algorithm offers a
new approach: a set of principled solutions based on the emerging
and exciting science of socially aware algorithm design. Weaving
together the science behind algorithm design with stories of
citizens, lawyers, scientists, and activists experiencing the
trial-and-error of research in real-time, Michael Kearns and Aaron
Roth present a strikingly original way forward, showing how we can
begin to work together to protect people from the unintended
impacts of algorithms-and, sometimes, protect the science that
could save us from ourselves.
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