When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even know that they've been victimized.

I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.

The training one receives when one becomes a technician, like a data scientist - we get trained in mathematics or computer science or statistics - is entirely separated from a discussion of ethics.

We don't let a car company just throw out a car and start driving it around without checking that the wheels are fastened on. We know that would result in death; but for some reason we have no hesitation at throwing out some algorithms untested and unmonitored even when they're making very important life-and-death decisions.

Every system using data separates humanity into winners and losers.

The NSA buys data from private companies, so the private companies are the source of all this stuff.

I set up a company, an algorithmic auditing company myself. I have no clients.