1013: Weapons of Math Destruction, Ten Years On, with Dr. Cathy O’Neil

What makes an algorithm terrifying?. My guest today says it's not the complexity of the math, it's the secrecy, the unaccountability, and the fact that you can't opt out.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, know, it's, including: My guest today says it's not the complexity of the math, it's the secrecy, the unaccountability, and the fact that you can't opt out.

1. 01Through her algorithmic auditing firm Orca and her non-profit Ocean, she now provides the statistical evidence behind lawsuits against some of the world's biggest tech companies
2. 02But somehow, a month or so ago, I just summed up the courage
3. 03and like even all my tricks for getting to a person are failing because they really really have just decided they're not doing that and they're getting away with it but it's not be