Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, And Other Threats Of Toxic Tech
by Sara Wachter-Boettcher /
2017 / English / EPUB
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A revealing look at how tech industry bias and blind
spots get baked into digital products―and harm us all.
A revealing look at how tech industry bias and blind
spots get baked into digital products―and harm us all.
Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever
we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of
us ask why all these digital products are designed the way they
are. It’s time we change that. Many of the services we rely on
are full of oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares:
Chatbots that harass women. Signup forms that fail anyone who’s
not straight. Social media sites that send peppy messages about
dead relatives. Algorithms that put more black people behind
bars.
Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever
we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of
us ask why all these digital products are designed the way they
are. It’s time we change that. Many of the services we rely on
are full of oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares:
Chatbots that harass women. Signup forms that fail anyone who’s
not straight. Social media sites that send peppy messages about
dead relatives. Algorithms that put more black people behind
bars.
Sara Wachter-Boettcher takes an unflinching look at the values,
processes, and assumptions that lead to these and other problems.
Sara Wachter-Boettcher takes an unflinching look at the values,
processes, and assumptions that lead to these and other problems.Technically Wrong
Technically Wrong demystifies the tech industry, leaving
those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to
make informed choices about the services we use―and demand more
from the companies behind them.
demystifies the tech industry, leaving
those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to
make informed choices about the services we use―and demand more
from the companies behind them.