O’NEIL, Cathy. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York: Crown, 2016. ISBN 9780553418811

Authors

  • Filipe Meirelles Ferreira Braga Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Pedro Vinhaes Cardoso PPGRI/UERJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rmi.2016.25939

Abstract

Em seu livro Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, Cathy O'Neil analisa os perigos da automatização de processos a nível socioeconômico por algoritmos e sistemas de análise de big data. A partir de exemplos dos Estados Unidos, O’Neil analisa como essas ferramentas podem reproduzir os preconceitos de seus formuladores, perpetuando dinâmicas de desigualdade.

ABSTRACT

In her book Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, Cathy O'Neil analyses the dangers from the automatization of socioeconomic processes via algorithms and big data analysis systems. Using examples from the United States, O'Neil analyses those tools may reproduce the prejudices from the modelers and perpetuate dynamics of inequality.

Palavras-chave: Big Data; Globalização; Democracia

Keywords: Big Data; Globalization; Democracy

DOI: 10.12957/rmi.2016.25939

 

Recebido em 09 de Outubro de 2016 | Aceito em 24 de Outubro de 2016

Received on October 09, 2016 | Accepted October 24, 2016

 

 

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Author Biographies

Filipe Meirelles Ferreira Braga, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Graduado em Relações Internacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Mestrando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais (PPGRI), UERJ.

Pedro Vinhaes Cardoso, PPGRI/UERJ

Mestrando PPGRI/UERJ

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Published

2017-02-10

How to Cite

BRAGA, Filipe Meirelles Ferreira; CARDOSO, Pedro Vinhaes. O’NEIL, Cathy. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. New York: Crown, 2016. ISBN 9780553418811. Mural Internacional, Rio de Janeiro, v. 7, n. 1, p. 94–97, 2017. DOI: 10.12957/rmi.2016.25939. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/muralinternacional/article/view/25939. Acesso em: 9 may. 2025.

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016): JAN-JUN

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