Wachter-Boettcher, Sara,

Technically wrong : sexist apps, biased algorithms, and other threats of toxic tech / Sara Wachter-Boettcher. - First edition. - 232 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Welcome to the machine -- Culture misfit -- Normal people -- Select one -- Delighted to death -- Tracked, tagged, and targeted -- Algorithmic inequity -- Built to break -- Meritocracy now, meritocracy forever -- Technically dangerous.

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 why all these digital products are designed the way they are. Its 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 whos not straight. Social media sites that send peppy messages about dead relatives. Algorithms that put more black people behind bars. Sara Wachter-Boettcher takes an unflinching look at the values, processes, and assumptions that lead to these and other problems. Technically Wrong 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 useand demand more from the companies behind them.

ISBN: 9780393356045 (pbk.) 0393356043 (pbk.) 9780393634631 (hardcover) 0393634639 (hardcover)

Standard No.: (YBP)13409450

LCCN: 2017031829

Subjects--Topical Terms:
System failures (Engineering).
Business failures.
Technology--Social aspects.
New products--Moral and ethical aspects.