NOW, we live in the age of Big Data and nobody can stop the invasion of artificial intelligence (AI) into our world. Many books about data science have shown the effectiveness, accuracy, and efficiency of the data-driven models in various fields such as economics, social science, and engineering. Do you agree with that data-driven models via mathematics/computer science/machine learning make a prosperous future?
THE author, Cathy O’Neil, based on her academical and industrial experiences, showed us the dark side of mathematical (or data-driven) models and called this ‘Weapons of Math Destruction’. The author said that WMDs have peculiar characteristics: (1) Opacity; (2) Scale; and (3) Damage. Through several examples that these characteristics of WMD have a negative effect on, the author called our attention to ‘fairness’ in Big Data and AI.
The following links are some quotations from the book with my thoughts.
(1) Make Your Crystal Ball Shine
(2) What Ingredients Do We Need for Yummy Data Soup?
(3) How to Make my Model Unspoiled?
(4) Am I the Same Person as I Was Yesterday?
(5) Some Numbers to Represent You
(6) The Whole is Different the Sum of its Parts
Everybody makes DATA 