Weapons of math destruction: how big data and algorithms affect our lives - podcast

In this special collaboration between the Guardian’s Science Weekly and Chips with Everything podcasts, we explore how big data and algorithms affect our lives - for better and worseIn this very special episode, Ian Sample and Leigh Alexander delve into the weird and not-so-wonderful world of algorithms, uncovering how they’re being used in everything from online advertising to crime prediction. We hear from mathematician Cathy O’Neil, who learnt first hand how these systems ar