Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'NeilCall Number: QA 76.9 .B45 O64 2017
Publication Date: 2017
...Algorithms are not neutral, free from human prejudice and fallibility; instead, those biases and failings are encoded into the systems. Data scientist O'Neil, who blogs at mathbabe.org, explores this premise in-depth and chillingly describes the extent to which data-driven, algorithm-based decision-making in such areas as hiring, policing, lending, education, and health care actually increases inequality.