Listen to Episode No. 143 of Slate Money:
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It’s an all-Cathy episode on Slate Money! Hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion; Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction; and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss three topics hand-picked by O’Neil. They are:
- How the big data company Cambridge Analytica and psychometric profiles helped shape the outcome of the Brexit vote and our most recent election
- The A.I. that will put some lawyers out of business
- Statistics in the age of Trump
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Email: slatemoney@slate.com
Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann
Production by Zachary Dinerstein.