Sublime

algorithm—an opinion formalized in code—that

Ill-conceived mathematical models now micromanage the economy, from advertising to prisons.

Consumer Federation of America,

the Education Department released loads of data on a website.

Consider Corinthian College.

They’re opaque, unquestioned, and unaccountable, and they operate at a scale to sort, target, or “optimize” millions of people.

A model’s blind spots reflect the judgments and priorities of its creators.

The result is that we criminalize poverty, believing all the while that our tools are not only scientific but fair.

crime prediction software made by PredPol, a Big Data start-up based