...We have algorithms that, although better than random guessing and sometimes more accurate than human judgment, are very far from perfect. Yet they’re being represented and marketed as if they’re scientific tools with mathematical precision, often by people who should know better.
This is an abuse of the public’s trust in science and in mathematics. Data scientists have an ethical duty to alert the public to the mistakes these algorithms inevitably make -- and the tragedies they can entail.
...Kosinski, who is also known for creating the “magic sauce” psycho-profiling algorithm that Cambridge Analytica later adapted to campaign for both Brexit and Donald Trump.
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