“The most important goal I had in mind was to convince people to stop blindly trusting algorithms and assuming that they are inherently fair and objective.” PeopleMindImportantGoalFairsAssumingObjectivesConvinceAlgorithms Author:Cathy O'Neil
“There are lots of different ways that algorithms can go wrong, and what we have now is a system in which we assume because it's shiny new technology with a mathematical aura that it's perfect and it doesn't require further vetting. Of course, we never have that assumption with other kinds of technology.” WayKindDifferentCoursesPerfectTechnologyAssumingMathematicalDifferent WaysAssumptionNew TechnologyAurasAlgorithms Author:Cathy O'Neil
“We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.” AssumingMath Author:Cathy O'Neil