Armas de destrucción matemática

Cómo el big data aumenta la desigualdad y amenaza la democracia

Encuadernación rústica con solapas, 280 pages

Spanish language

Published July 10, 2018 by Capitán Swing.

ISBN:
978-84-947408-4-8
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4 stars (6 reviews)

Vivimos en la edad del algoritmo. Las decisiones que afectan a nuestras vidas no están hechas por humanos, sino por modelos matemáticos. En teoría, esto debería conducir a una mayor equidad: todos son juzgados de acuerdo con las mismas reglas, sin sesgo. Pero en realidad, ocurre exactamente lo contrario. Los modelos que se utilizan en la actualidad son opacos, no regulados e incontestables, incluso cuando están equivocados. Esto deriva en un refuerzo de la discriminación: si un estudiante pobre no puede obtener un préstamo porque un modelo de préstamo lo considera demasiado arriesgado (en virtud de su código postal), quedará excluido del tipo de educación que podría sacarlo de la pobreza, produciéndose una espiral viciosa. Los modelos apuntalan a los afortunados y castigan a los oprimidos: bienvenido al lado oscuro del big data.

O’Neil expone los modelos que dan forma a nuestro futuro, como individuos y como sociedad. Estas …

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Weapons of Math Destruction

5 stars

O'Neil is an excellent guide to the world of algorithms and how they impact our lives in ways large and small. To me one of the most depressing lessons of the book was that the people creating these systems which analyze data have almost no interest in the knock-on effects that their work has on people's lives. They are so focused on whatever particular goal they have that they have total blinders as to the damaging effects that their work might have. As with any book about technology the companies have changed a bit since O'Neil wrote the book, but the underlying problems have not changed; thus this continues to be a worthy guide to the challenges that our society will face as we continue to be enmeshed in algorithms which may not have our best interests at heart.

Suit up for Combat!

5 stars

This was an exceptional book. It's not heavy into statistics but gives the rationale for what is a WMD (Weapon of Math Destruction) and WMDs maybe a new term but we have been under the exploitation of WMDs well before we think. It's not a new phenomenon but it is one that we should be aware of.

Take a read and learn how about them so that we can all do better to combat them and use math to not only help describe the world but make it a better place to live in.

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2 stars

Humans tend to make models of everything. We even have our own models in our head that ease our way through life.
The models pointed in this book are biased. And that is because they are modeling a system that is biased. They only reflect the view of the world of the people that design them. It's true that they are unfair, but because the capitalism is an unfair system.
I agree with the author in that we must be vigilant and fight against this discriminating models. But I think that this tools only make the unfairness of the system more efficient. The problem is deeper than the tool, we must fight the system for a better and more fair world.

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