The most important goal I had in mind was to convince people to stop blindly trusting algorithms and assuming that they are inherently fair and objec…

- Cathy O'Neil

There are lots of different ways that algorithms can go wrong, and what we have now is a system in which we assume because it's shiny new technology …

- Cathy O'Neil

There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are responsible for.

- Cathy O'Neil

Because of my experience in Occupy, instead of asking the question, "Who will benefit from this system I'm implementing with the data?" I started to …

- Cathy O'Neil

It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow the reasoning, you will get…

- Cathy O'Neil

People felt like they were friends with Google, and they believed in the "Do No Evil" thing that Google said. They trusted Google more than they trus…

- Cathy O'Neil

The public trusts big data way too much.

- Cathy O'Neil

I would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledgin…

- Cathy O'Neil

We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.

- Cathy O'Neil