At The Guardian, Cathy O'Neil writes about why algorithms can be wrong. She classifies the reasons into four categories on a spectrum ranging from unintential errors to outright malfeasance. As algorithms now make a large portion of the decisions affecting our lives, scrutiny is ever more important and she provides multiple examples in each category of their impact.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @12:52AM (2 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @02:47AM (1 child)
This whoile thread makes clear why comp sci and math people should just be killed since this thread has proved they are violent sociopaths that have no place in society . end of line
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @03:35AM
Try it, loser.