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"There is a decision being made about you in this box.
But you’re not allowed to look inside — and even if you could, it wouldn’t tell
you much.
There are countless black boxes, just like this one, making decisions about
your online and offline lives.
Some of them are pretty benign, like recommending what movie you should watch
next.
But others decide the news you see, who you go on a date with and how much
money you can borrow.
They also determine whether you get a job, if you’re a potential shoplifter and
what route you should take to the shops.
In extreme cases, they have been used to ‘predict’ teenage pregnancies and
cut welfare entitlements for people with disabilities.
These boxes all contain algorithms, the decision-making machines that are
creeping into areas of increasing consequence to all of our lives.
It can feel pretty impossible to understand exactly what these algorithms
are doing, let alone keep them in check.
However, as you’ll see, there are creative and powerful ways to shine a light
into these black boxes.
The trouble is, we can only use them if their owners — mostly corporations and
governments — will let us."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
