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The unaccountability machine : why big systems make terrible decisions--and how the world lost its mind / Dan Davies

Author
Davies, Dan (Economist)
Published
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2025.
Physical Description
x, 294 pages ; 23 cm

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Summary
"Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a large system does us wrong, and there's nothing we can do about it. The problem, economist Dan Davies shows, is accountability sinks: systems in which decisions are delegated to a complex rule book or set of standard procedures, making it impossible to identify the source of mistakes when they happen. In our increasingly unhuman world--lives dominated by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and large organizations--these accountability sinks produce more than just aggravation. They make life and economy unknowable--a black box for no reason"--
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ISBN
9780226843087 pbk
0226843084 pbk
9780226843100 hc.
0226843106 hc.
Other Edition
Reproduction of (manifestation): Davies, Dan (Economist). London : Profile Books, 2024
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
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