I don't think anybody's ever notified that they were sentenced to an extra two years because their recidivism score had been high, or notified that this beat cop happened to be in their neighborhood checking people's pockets for pot because of a predictive policing algorithm. That's just not how it works.
Cathy O'NeilWe've learned our lesson with finance because they made a huge goddamn explosion that almost shut down the world. But the thing I realized is that there might never be an explosion on the scale of the financial crisis happening with big data.
Cathy O'NeilMy fantasy is that there is a new regulatory body that is in charge of algorithmic auditing.
Cathy O'NeilI think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.
Cathy O'Neil