Babbage: When an algorithm decides your fate

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: Babbage: When an algorithm decides your fate
• Website: The Economist Podcasts
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• Duration: 00:20:33
• Published: 2018-05-09 18:33

Computer algorithms are being used with increasing frequency to make decisions about humans - from whether a job applicant makes it through a selection process or if a prison inmate gets released on parole. But how are the algorithms making their decisions? And what if they make a mistake? In this special episode of Babbage, we explore the complex work of algorithmic decision-making. Music by Chris Zabriskie “Divider” (CC by 4.0 UK)

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