Rage inside the machine : the prejudice of algorithms, and how to stop the Internet making bigots of us all

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Rage inside the machine : the prejudice of algorithms, and how to stop the Internet making bigots of us all

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the prejudice of algorithms, and how to stop the Internet making bigots of us all

Statement of responsibility

Robert Elliott Smith

Creator

• Smith, Robert E., (Robert Elliott), 1963-

Author

• Smith, Robert E., (Robert Elliott), 1963-

Subject

• Data mining -- Social aspects
• Internet -- Social aspects
• Prejudices

Language

eng

Summary

We live in a world increasingly ruled by technology; we seem as governed by technology as we do by laws and regulations. Frighteningly often, the influence of technology in and on our lives goes completely unchallenged by citizens and governments. We comfort ourselves with the soothing refrain that technology has no morals and can display no prejudice, and it's only the users of technology who distort certain aspects of it. But is this statement actually true? Dr Robert Smith thinks it is dangerously untrue in the modern era. Offering a rigorous, fresh perspective, Rage Inside the Machine challenges the long-held assumption that technology is an apolitical and amoral force. Shedding light on little-known historical stories and investigating the complex connections between scientific philosophy, institutional prejudice and new technology, this book offers a new, honest and more truly scientific vision of ourselves

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult