6/1/2023 0 Comments The black box society![]() ![]() Hidden algorithms can make (or ruin) reputations, decide the destiny of entrepreneurs, or even devastate an entire economy. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with this information? The Black Box Society argues that we all need to be able to do so-and to set limits on how big data affects our lives. The data compiled and portraits created are incredibly detailed, to the point of being invasive. ![]() 'Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior-silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. Or, to use Rob Walker’s term, “murketing.” But if these results are relatively easy to manipulate, or are really dictated by the corporate interests of the big Internet firms, they should be seen less as the “voice of the people” than as a new form of marketing. ![]() … people consider being on top of Twitter’s trending topics, or Google or Amazon search results, an important bragging right. “data-driven” algorithms that are supposedly objective and serving customers and users, are in fact biased and working only to boost the fortunes of an elite." … it’s not only – and often not primarily – the algorithms, or even the programmers of algorithms, who are to blame …. ![]() autonomous weapon systems could accidentally trigger skirmishes or even wars, based on misinterpreted signals. … runaway algorithms … take on very important decisions …. ![]()
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