Technically wrong : sexist apps, biased algorithms, and other threats of toxic tech / Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us realize just how many oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares are baked inside the tech products we use every day. Its time we change that.In Technically...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY, London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017] |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 232 Seiten; Illustrationen |
Notes: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [203]-222 |
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Summary: | Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us realize just how many oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares are baked inside the tech products we use every day. Its time we change that.In Technically Wrong, Sara Wachter-Boettcher demystifies the tech industry, leaving those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to make informed choices about the services we useand to demand more from the companies behind them. |
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ISBN: | 9780393634631 9780393356045 |
ac_no: | AC14485900 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sara Wachter-Boettcher |