Cory Doctorow
Team Human
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The Programmer Mindset in Finance
ProPublica published a story about an algorithm that raises your rent. The programmer who ran the project gave a great money quote literally and figuratively to ProPublica. He said, it's better to use the algorithm because people are too sentimental and they don't want to hurt the tenants. It helps you be inhumane.
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