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.
Sebastian
31.3.2023
Bogen er langsom til at komme igang og føles oftest som en mavesur vendetta mod big tech. Jeg savner studier og eksempler der understøtter pointerne fra bogen. Der er nogle gode empatiske tankeeksperimenter og sidste kapitel samler fint op og giver noget af det jeg savnede. Alt i alt synes jeg dog det er lidt for tyndt til en hel bog.