When does any old algorithm work given enough data, and when is it garbage in, garbage out? Use and abuse of machine learning. Misleading metrics. Goodhart's law.
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Supplementary reading
- Cathy O'Neil (2016) Weapons of Math Destruction Crown Press.
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