The Dictatorship of Data

Focus: AI Ethics/Policy

Source: MIT Technology Review

Readability: Intermediate

Type: Website Article

Open Source: No

External URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/05/31/178263/the-dictatorship-of-data/

Keywords: N/A

Learn Tags: Bias Business Ethics Fairness Government Trust

Summary: Big data is poised to transform society, but there’s a dark side: big data erodes privacy and relies on fallible data to make decisions. As this article shows, nothing underscores the consequences of data analysis gone awry more than the story of Robert McNamara.