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wrijvingsloos's review against another edition
4.0
Angstaanjagend boek dat de gevaren van big data goed in beeld brengt. Veel diverse voorbeelden en duidelijke uitleg. Er was soms wat herhaling aanwezig maar dat was niet al te vervelend. Wat ik wel jammer vond was dat de voorbeelden vooral uit de Verenigde Staten kwamen.
Goed boek, heftig om te lezen hoe makkelijk het verkeerd kan gaan en hoe groot de gevolgen zijn. Dit boek komt uit 2016 en is nog relevanter dan ooit.
Goed boek, heftig om te lezen hoe makkelijk het verkeerd kan gaan en hoe groot de gevolgen zijn. Dit boek komt uit 2016 en is nog relevanter dan ooit.
walinchus's review against another edition
5.0
This is a fabulous book about the power of algorithms that punish people; and we don't even know why.
For example:
1. Hiring algorithms that use mental health screening questions to block people with depression from getting minimum-wage jobs.
2. Police algorithms that target low-level crimes to get more arrests.
3. Algorithms that actually reject college students from a safety school, thinking that that kid will also reject them.
4. People who wield algorithms to impress rather than clarify. I have fun into that several times myself.
For example:
1. Hiring algorithms that use mental health screening questions to block people with depression from getting minimum-wage jobs.
2. Police algorithms that target low-level crimes to get more arrests.
3. Algorithms that actually reject college students from a safety school, thinking that that kid will also reject them.
4. People who wield algorithms to impress rather than clarify. I have fun into that several times myself.
ehsan1358's review against another edition
2.0
Not a place to find a scientific approach to the problem.
skeeter4366's review against another edition
5.0
A Modern classic as far as I'm concerned when it comes to the potential harms of Machine Learning. She was early to sound the alarm, and its fun to see what she forsaw
lillyxz's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Interessante, wenn auch etwas veraltete Darstellung wie Algorithmen den Alltag gestalten und spezifisch soziale Ungerechtigkeit verstärken können oder einfach nicht funktionieren. Fokus ist auf USA, daher in Deutschland nur bedingt übertragbar. Viele Konzepte wie zB Gesundheitsoptimierung, Datensicherheit und Conten Optimierung sind aber auch hier stark relevant und werden in Zeiten zunehmender Nutzung von KIs immer relevanter. Lieblingskonzept: "Dümmere" bzw schlechtere Algorithmen machen da Sinn, wo sie soziale Ungleichheiten verstärken (die zB vor Gericht nicht als Argumente gelten, d.h. aufgrund von Rassen- oder Schichtzugehörigkeit).
youngthespian42's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book. It makes a compelling argument for more transparency around algorithms and how they are influencing our society. The examples highlight are disturbing, but at times feel little cherry picked. Multi-national corporations with unchecked power seem to be a bigger deal. Algorithms are just a tool for them to abuse. Wanted this book to lay out how to undo some of the damage done and put us on a better path. The book did not.
andy_acid's review against another edition
informative
3.25
The subject matter that the book deals with is becoming increasingly important to be aware of nowadays, and it includes many instances where the effects of WMDs are not readily apparent to the naked eye. BUT, the author's writing felt too tedious and hard to get through.
3.25/5
3.25/5