That dynamic will be even more vital in 2018, as algorithms continue their steady transformation of everything from healthcare to commerce. Already, automated programmes set prices on websites, recommend films to us, make stock-market trades and decide which news sources we will see on Facebook. "The most important moments where people interact with large bureaucratic systems involve an algorithm in the form of a scoring system," wrote Cathy O'Neil, author of
Weapons of Math Destruction, in July 2017. "Getting into college, getting a job, a credit card or insurance, voting and even policing are in many cases done algorithmically."
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