Category: Wk 6: Digital Redlining
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Digital Division
Despite promises of a better future, today’s tech perpetuates racial division. We haven’t gotten rid of racism; we’ve just automated it.
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Data’s Traces of Bias Against Minorities
Introduction to The Display Of Bias With Minorities Our readings this week show the ways big data is able to display bias against minorities. The idea of bias towards minorities has been etched into the American culture since the start. Multiple ways the week showed the ways big data is able to display bias against…
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The Math is not able to Math its variables
The use of computer intelligence to determine value in a person’s success at their job is an example of a larger problem.
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No wonder I hated Math
Cathy O’neil discussed in her book the love for math being the downfall of institutions and the rise of unemployment all over the United States.
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Algorithms: Not So Fair, After All
Math isn’t always fair and unbiased, despite what you may have been taught…and it’s being used to make some very big, very poor decisions.
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We’re Not Talking About Math Here
Referencing the reading “Weapons of Math Destruction” and the need of algorithm transparency on the internet. What this does, and what this means.