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035 $a(OCoLC)1135667739
050 4 $aQA76.9.C66$bB787 2019
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100 1 $aBroussard, Meredith,$eauthor.
245 10 $aArtificial unintelligence :$bhow computers misunderstand the world /$cMeredith Broussard.
250 $aFirst MIT Press paperback edition, 2019.
264 1 $aCambridge, Massachusetts :$bThe MIT Press,$c2019.
264 4 $c2018
300 $a237 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aFirst published in hardback in 2018.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
520 $a"In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally--hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners--that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a software developer and journalist, reminds us that there are fundamental limits to what we can (and should) do with technology. With this book, she offers a guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology--and issues a warning that we should never assume that computers always get things right. Making a case against technochauvinism--the belief that technology is always the solution--Broussard argues that it's just not true that social problems would inevitably retreat before a digitally enabled Utopia. To prove her point, she undertakes a series of adventures in computer programming. She goes for an alarming ride in a driverless car, concluding "the cyborg future is not coming any time soon"; uses artificial intelligence to investigate why students can't pass standardized tests; deploys machine learning to predict which passengers survived the Titanic disaster; and attempts to repair the U.S. campaign finance system by building AI software. If we understand the limits of what we can do with technology, Broussard tells us, we can make better choices about what we should do with it to make the world better for everyone."--Amazon.com.
505 0 $aHow computers work. Hello, reader ; Hello, world ; Hello, AI ; Hello, data journalism -- When computers don't work. Why poor schools can't win at standardized tests ; People problems ; Machine learning: the DL on ML ; This care won't drive itself ; Popular doesn't mean good -- Working together. On the startup bus ; Third-wave AI ; Aging computers -- index.
650 0 $aElectronic data processing$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aComputer programs$xCorrectness.
650 0 $aErrors.
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