With recidivism algorithms, for example, I worry about racist outcomes. With personality tests [for hiring], I worry about filtering out people with… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody's ever notified that they were sentenced to an extra two years because their recidivism score had been high,… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The most important goal I had in mind was to convince people to stop blindly trusting algorithms and assuming that they are… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The disconnect I was experiencing was that people hated Wall Street, but they loved tech. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
I wanted to prevent people from giving them too much power. I see that as a pattern. I wanted that to come… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
Most people don't have any association in their minds with what they do and with ethics. They think they somehow moved past… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
By construction, the world of big data is siloed and segmented and segregated so that successful people, like myself - technologists, well-educated… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
People felt like they were friends with Google, and they believed in the "Do No Evil" thing that Google said. They trusted… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The Facebook algorithm designers chose to let us see what our friends are talking about. They chose to show us, in some… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
Because of my experience in Occupy, instead of asking the question, "Who will benefit from this system I'm implementing with the data?"… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
People are starting to be very skeptical of the Facebook algorithm and all kinds of data surveillance. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
With recidivism algorithms, for example, I worry about racist outcomes. With personality tests [for hiring], I worry about filtering out people with mental health… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
“They draw statistical correlations between a person’s zip code or language patterns and her potential to pay back a loan or handle a job.… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
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… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The national conversation around white entitlement, around institutionalized racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, I think, came about in large part because of the… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
“model’s blind spots reflect the judgments and priorities of its creators. While the choices in Google Maps and avionics software appear cut and dried,… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
I would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledging… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
We've learned our lesson with finance because they made a huge goddamn explosion that almost shut down the world. But the thing I realized… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
“Employers, for example, are increasingly using credit scores to evaluate potential hires. Those who pay their bills promptly, the thinking goes, are more likely… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow the reasoning,… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The NSA buys data from private companies, so the private companies are the source of all this stuff. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
“The algorithms would make sure that those deemed losers would remain that way. A lucky minority would gain ever more control over the data… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
