Cristóbal Cobo on Big Data - Education Futures Reads
John Moravec chatted with Dr. Cristóbal Cobo, director of research at the Ceibal Foundation in Uruguay. He is an expert on big data in education, and he will co-lead a conversation on Cathy O’Neil’s provocative book, "Weapons of Math Destruction: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy"
Tracing the arc of a person’s life, O’Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These “weapons of math destruction” score teachers and students, sort résumés, grant (or deny) loans, evaluate workers, target voters, set parole, and monitor our health.
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