Life by Algorithms: How Roboprocesses Are Remaking Our World

by Noelle Stout and Anne Lutz Fernandez

Book Overview

Computerized processes are everywhere in our society. They are the automated phone messaging systems that businesses use to screen calls; the link between student standardized test scores and public schools' access to resources; the algorithms that regulate patient diagnoses and reimbursements to doctors. The storage, sorting, and analysis of massive amounts of information have enabled the automation of decision-making at an unprecedented level. Meanwhile,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022662756X
• ISBN13: 9780226627564
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"