The age of the algorithm
An episode of 99 percent invisible about how the uncritical acceptance and design of algorithms can have terrible consequences. With Cathy O’Neil. 23mn.
And many companies that build and market these algorithms like to talk about how objective they are, claiming they remove human error and bias from complex decision-making.
But in reality, every algorithm reflects the choices of its human designer.
▻http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-age-of-the-algorithm