“Predictive models are, increasingly, the tools we will be relying on to run our institutions, deploy our resources, and manage our lives. But … these models are constructed not just from data but from the choices we make about which…
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Book Report: Weapons of Math Destruction
Tagged with: bias, big data, Cathy O'Neil, Competitive and Market Intelligence, Deloitte, Duncan Stewart, exploitation, Facebook, false positives, inequality, machine learning, model interpretability, models, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, redlining, Smart People Should Build Things, Success and Luck, The Black Swan, Weapons of Math Destruction
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Posted in Books, Everything, Math and Science
Book Report: Data and Goliath
“Privacy is not a luxury that we can only afford in times of safety. Instead, it’s a value to be preserved. It’s essential for liberty, autonomy, and human dignity. We must understand that privacy is not something to be traded…
Tagged with: big data, Bruce Schneier, Charles Stross, Charlie Stross, CIA, Data and Goliath, Edward Snowden, Ghostery, human rights, Michael Hayden, NSA, privacy, security, Stewart Baker, weblining
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Big Data! Metrics! Analytics!…a cautionary tale from the world of baseball
“In the information age, things that are precisely measured are rewarded disproportionally relative to impact.” – Theo Epstein, President of the Chicago Cubs I work in telecommunications, and one of the major developments of recent years is “big data” (if…
Tagged with: analytics, baseball, big data, goals, metrics, Scorecasting
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Posted in Everything, Leadership, Management, Sports
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