We’re being scored with secret formulas we don’t understand, with no course for appeal if things don’t go our way.

Data scientists are writing code that learns from our every move, click, post and payment, and it’s tangibly changing the future of our tech-driven world. 

One the one hand, we’re served posts tailored to preferences we may not know we had. On the other hand, mortgages, insurance, jail sentences and job interviews are increasingly at the mercy of code - and it’s not free from bias…

In this week’s Disconnected, we’re uncovering the fundamental issues and historical bias that permeate the systems controlling what you can and can’t do, and why we should be demanding accountability from the tech titans behind it all. 

This episode of Disconnected covers:

• How algorithms correlate and analyse your every move
• The 2 key ingredients behind every predictive algorithm
• Who loses out when unconscious biases are carried forward in data

Links and references at: https://disconnectedpodcast.com/

Jag Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

Jen Campbell:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

Felina Tan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/