Read the following articles and respond to two of the following prompts. Each response should be between 400 and 500 words.
1. Can algorithms ever be neutral? Draw on Cathy O’Neill’s framework for understanding algorithms as models and “weapons of math destruction” to explain your answer.
2. What does Ian Hacking mean by “making up people” and why is this relevant to the study of algorithms and society?
3. Why does Os Keyes believe that data science is harmful to gender-nonconforming people?
4. According to Kate Crawford and Trevor Paglen, why is it important to have access to the data sets that algorithms are trained on?
5. Do you agree with Langdon Winner’s arguments that technological artifacts have politics? Why or why not?