I wanted to prevent people from giving them too much power. I see that as a pattern. I wanted that to come to an end as soon as possible.
Cathy O'NeilI would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledging any kind of intent.
Cathy O'NeilI 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'Neil