It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow the reasoning, you will get somewhere, and I'll tell you where you get: You'll get to the description of what happens to the winners under the system that they're building.
Cathy O'NeilThe most important goal I had in mind was to convince people to stop blindly trusting algorithms and assuming that they are inherently fair and objective.
Cathy O'NeilWe can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.
Cathy O'NeilThe disconnect I was experiencing was that people hated Wall Street, but they loved tech.
Cathy O'Neil