David Sumpter

Outnumbered is a journey to the dark side of mathematics, from how it dictates our social media activities to our travel routes. Algorithms are running our society, and as Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal has revealed, we don't even realize how our data has been used against us. David Sumpter investigates whether mathematics is crossing dangerous lines when it comes to what we can make decisions about. Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we buy, and what interests us, they can begin to predict our daily habits, and increasingly we are relinquishing our decision-making to algorithms. Are we giving this up too easily? Without understanding what mathematics can and can't do it is impossible to get a handle on how it is changing our lives. In this book, David Sumpter takes an algorithm-strewn journey to the dark side of mathematics. He investigates the equations that analyze us, influence us and will (maybe) become like us, answering questions like: Who are Cambridge Analytica, and what are they doing with our data? How does Facebook build a 100-dimensional picture of your personality? Are Google algorithms racist and sexist? Why do election predictions fail so drastically? Are algorithms that are designed to find criminals making terrible mistakes? What does the future hold as we relinquish our decision-making to machines? Featuring interviews with those working at the cutting edge of algorithm, Outnumbered explains how mathematics and statistics work in the real world, and what we should and shouldn't worry about.

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Outnumbered

'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden Is there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship? This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, guard against financial loss, live more healthily and see through scaremongering. They are known only by mathematicians - until now. With wit and clarity, mathematician David Sumpter shows that it isn't the technical details which make these formulas so successful. It is the way they allow mathematicians to view problems from a different angle - a way of seeing the world that anyone can learn. Empowering and illuminating, The Ten Equations that Rule the World shows how maths really can change your life.

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Google ve Facebook gibi teknoloji şirketleri, bizimle ilgili her tür bilgiyi toplayarak ve kişiliklerimizi çözümleyerek, bizi yönlendirebilir duruma gelmeye çalışıyor. Ne kadar başarılı oluyorlar ve ne tür sınırlarla karşılaşıyorlar? İnternette, “filtre balonları” ve “yankı odaları” denen, farklı bilgilerin ve farklı bakış açılarının giremediği ortamlar da üretiliyor. Bunlar insanlığı ne ölçüde tehdit ediyor? Büyük bir bölümü internet robotlarından oluşan trol ordularının yaydığı yalan haberler ne kadar etkili? Bir hakikat sonrası dünyasında yaşamaya başladığımız ne kadar doğru? Yapay zekânın dünyayı ele geçirmesi olasılığını ne ölçüde ciddiye almalıyız? Uygulamalı matematik profesörü David Sumpter, bizi çözümlemeleri, bizi etkilemeleri ve bizim yerimizi almaları için geliştirilen algoritmaların nasıl çalıştıklarını göstererek, teknoloji alanındaki gelişmeleri daha gerçekçi bir şekilde değerlendirmemizi mümkün kılıyor. Bugünkü sistemin yalanlarına ve aldatmacalarına değil, bu sistemin kendisine saldırmak isteyenlerin bu kitaptan öğreneceği çok şey var.

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"In this book, David Sumpter takes an algorithm-strewn journey to the dark side of mathematics. He investigates the equations that analyse us., influence us and will (maybe) become like us, answering questions such as: Are Google algorithms racist and sexist? ; Why do election predictions fall so drastically? ; What does the future hold as we relinquish our decision-making to machines? Featuring interviews with those working at the cutting edge of algorithm research, along with a healthy dose of mathematical self-experiment, Outnumbered will explain how mathematics and statistics work in the real world, and what we should and shouldn't worry about."--from book cover

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