The era of blind faith in big data must end | Cathy O'Neil

Algorithms decide who gets a loan, who gets a job interview, who gets insurance and many other significant things -- but they don't automatically make things fair, and they're often far from scientific. Mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil coined a term for algorithms that are secret, important and harmful: "weapons of math destruction." Learn more about the hidden agendas behind these supposedly objective formulas and why we need to start building better ones.
by contact@ted.com (TED) via TED Talks Daily (SD video)