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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

Written by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Narrated by Andrea Emmes

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About this audiobook

Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us ask how all these digital products are designed, or why. It's time we change that. Many of the services we rely on are full of oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares. Chatbots that harass women. Signup forms that fail anyone who's not straight. Social media sites that send peppy messages about dead relatives. Algorithms that put more black people behind bars.

Technically Wrong takes an unflinching look at the values, processes, and assumptions that lead to these problems and more. Wachter-Boettcher demystifies the tech industry, leaving those of us on the other side of the screen better prepared to make informed choices about the services we use-and demand more from the companies behind them.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 10, 2017
ISBN9781681688626
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Very relevant questions for the future, and very well narrated.
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    A must read for everyone fascinated by tech. It’s an eye opener.
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    Good quick overview of some of the pernicious problems with tech today, mostly because it's driven by young white guys who think they're part of a meritocracy.