Algorithms Quote by Cathy O'Neil

Once you see the problems that algorithms can introduce, people can be quick to want to throw them away altogether and think the situation…

— Hannah Fry

All around us, algorithms provide a kind of convenient source of authority: an easy way to delegate responsibility, a short cut we take without…

— Hannah Fry

“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

Because, ultimately, we can't just think of algorithms in isolation. We have to think of the failings of the people who design them -…

— Hannah Fry

Imagine life without any algorithms at all, you wouldn't be able to do anything. This is already completely encompassing. We have a habit of…

— Hannah Fry

“the algorithms might actually come to own businesses instead of just managing them, and humans could end up working for and paying rent to…

— GBF Summary

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from…

— Donald Knuth

We urgently need more due process with the algorithmic systems influencing our lives. If you are given a score that jeopardizes your ability to…

— Kate Crawford

When designing algorithms as a business owner, your incentive is your profit, something for your business, it's not an incentive to maximise something for…

— Hannah Fry

As algorithms push humans out of the job market, wealth and power might become concentrated in the hands of the tiny elite that owns…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“began by pointing out the small mountain of research that suggested that expert judgment was less reliable than algorithms.”

— Michael Lewis

Increasingly, our decisions will be made by the algorithms that surround us. Whenever there is a big dilemma, you just ask Google what to…

— Yuval Noah Harari