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Released: December 30, 2012
Sure, Big Data Is great. But so Is intuition.
Source: Steve Lohr - The N.Y. Times (Paid Registration)
Understandably, the increasing use of software that microscopically tracks and monitors online behavior has raised privacy worries. Will Big Data usher in a digital surveillance state, mainly serving corporate interests?
Personally, my bigger concern is that the algorithms that are shaping my digital world are too simple-minded, rather than too smart.
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