Outnumbered: From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives

Synopsis

In This Book, David Sumpter Takes An Algorithm-strewn Journey To The Dark Side Of Mathematics. He Investigates The Equations That Analyse Us., Influence Us And Will (maybe) Become Like Us, Answering Questions Such As: Are Google Algorithms Racist And Sexist? ; Why Do Election Predictions Fall So Drastically? ; What Does The Future Hold As We Relinquish Our Decision-making To Machines? Featuring Interviews With Those Working At The Cutting Edge Of Algorithm Research, Along With A Healthy Dose Of Mathematical Self-experiment, Outnumbered Will Explain How Mathematics And Statistics Work In The Real World, And What We Should And Shouldn't Worry About.--from Book Cover Part 1. Analysing Us: Finding Banksy ; Make Some Noise ; The Principal Components Of Friendship ; One Hundred Dimensions Of You ; Cambridge Hyperbolytica ; Impossibly Unbiased ; The Data Alchemists -- Part 2. Influencing Us: Nate Silver Vs The Rest Of Us ; We Also Liked The Internet ; The Popularity Contest ; Bubbling Up ; Football Matters ; Who Reads Fake News? -- Part 3. Becoming Us: Learning To Be Sexist ; The Only Thought Between The Decimal ; Kick Your Ass At Space Invaders -- The Bacterial Brain -- Back To Reality. David Sumpter. Featuring Cambridge Analytica--on Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 247-264) And Index.