{"product_id":"more-than-a-glitch-confronting-race-gender-and-ability-bias-in-tech-hardcover-by-meredith-broussard","title":"More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech Hardcover by Meredith Broussard","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePublisher\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe MIT Press (March 14 2023)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLanguage\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHardcover\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e248 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-10\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e0262047659\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-13\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e9780262047654\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem weight\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e517 g\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDimensions\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e16.03 x 2.36 x 23.65 cm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__wrapper\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__content-wrapper\" id=\"item-description__content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen technology reinforces inequality, it’s not just a glitch—it’s a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe word “glitch” implies an incidental error, as easy to patch up as it is to identify. But what if racism, sexism, and ableism aren’t just bugs in mostly functional machinery—what if they’re coded into the system itself? In the vein of heavy hitters such as Safiya Umoja Noble, Cathy O’Neil, and Ruha Benjamin, Meredith Broussard demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eMore Than a Glitch\u003c\/i\u003e how neutrality in tech is a myth and why algorithms need to be held accountable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBroussard, a data scientist and one of the few Black female researchers in artificial intelligence, masterfully synthesizes concepts from computer science and sociology. She explores a range of examples: from facial recognition technology trained only to recognize lighter skin tones, to mortgage-approval algorithms that encourage discriminatory lending, to the dangerous feedback loops that arise when medical diagnostic algorithms are trained on insufficiently diverse data. Even when such technologies are designed with good intentions, Broussard shows, fallible humans develop programs that can result in devastating consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBroussard argues that the solution isn’t to make omnipresent tech more inclusive, but to root out the algorithms that target certain demographics as “other” to begin with. With sweeping implications for fields ranging from jurisprudence to medicine, the ground-breaking insights of \u003ci\u003eMore Than a Glitch\u003c\/i\u003e are essential reading for anyone invested in building a more equitable future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp class=\"author_summary\"\u003e\r\n                                Meredith Broussard is Associate Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and Research Director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eArtificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press). Her work has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She appears in the 2020 documentary \u003ci\u003eCoded Bias\u003c\/i\u003e and serves on the advisory board for the Center for Critical Race \u0026amp; Digital Studies. More information at @merbroussard or meredithbroussard.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Residence:\u003c\/b\u003e New York, NY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Hometown:\u003c\/b\u003e Philadelphia, PA\r\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43132112273569,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780262047654","price":34.15,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9780262047654.jpg?v=1690560719","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/more-than-a-glitch-confronting-race-gender-and-ability-bias-in-tech-hardcover-by-meredith-broussard","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}