Author: N/A
Publisher: SciShow
Publication Year: 2018
Summary: The following video describes how when many people hear the phrase “data mining,” they think that is great and it can be, but can also cause issues due to how powerful it is. This video discusses instances such as the Target algorithm that led a father to find out his daughter was pregnant before she even knew. The speaker in the video says that data mining “will either save your business or sink democracy,” which was a helpful analogy to understand just how powerful data mining can be, and how it can have very positive or very negative effects on people which is important to understand as a data professional.
