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
The national conversation around white entitlement, around institutionalized racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, I think, came about in large part because… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
I think what's happened is that the general public has become much more aware of the destructive power of Wall Street. — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
When I think about whether I want to take a job, I don't just think about whether it's technically interesting, although I… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially. — 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
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
So much of our society as a whole is gearing us to maximize our salary or bonus. Basically, we just think in… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
Especially from my experience as a quant in a hedge fund - I naively went in there thinking that I would be… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
That's what we do when we work in Silicon Valley tech startups: We think about who's going to benefit from this. That's… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
I think there's inherently an issue that models will literally never be able to handle, which is that when somebody comes along… — 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
