Cathy O'Neil
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- Big Data Scientist
- Algorithm Expert: Bias, Opportunity and Risks for business and life
- New York Times Bestselling Author
- Founder, ORCAA, an algorithmic auditing company
- U.S. Research Laboratory
- Yahoo
- Epoch Foundation
- Swiss Re Institute
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Trinity School
- Villanova University
- Allterra Group
- Clearbox
- Talks at Google
"We reached our Zoom's license capacity during Cathy's presentation! It was a good problem to have... The presentation was great."
-U.S. Research Laboratory"Cathy gave an excellent lecture, and I have heard many positive comments from both students and faculty. In particular, she generated a lot of interest among some of the “non-science” members of our community (which is one of the goals of the Ford Science Literacy Lecture series)."
-College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University"Such an amazing presentation!! I'm looking forward to reading her next book, and anything she writes after that. I hope our community will take everything they learned today, and put it into practice to become 'more ethical nerds."
-Yahoo"All of us at Epoch Foundation cannot be more grateful for Cathy’s committed and supportive participation."
-Epoch Foundation"Please pass our gratitude for her inspiring talk to Cathy! Our attendees (and moderator) loved it. We appreciate her having been part of this."
-Swiss Re Institute"Our public programs team is always striving to host programs that highlight inspirational innovators and cultural developers. We hope to encourage multiple perspectives and build meaningful and thoughtful experiences. Tonight's program was exactly that and we really appreciate it. Your work is incredibly powerful and we are all so grateful to you. It has been an absolute pleasure!"
-Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco"It was awesome! As expected Cathy was simply amazing! She gave us a lot to think about."
-Trinity School"As expected, Cathy was great!"
-Villanova University"Cathy was just awesome."
-Clearbox"Cathy O’Neil was a huge hit. She is funny, smart, and truly wonderful. I really enjoyed her company (and her flexibility!), and her talk and panel discussion was so well-received. She is brilliant, but has a wonderful way of bringing esoteric concepts into a realm that make them interesting and comprehensive for those of us who do not have PhDs in mathematics."
-PYMNTS.com"It was a great day for us. Cathy did a great job on stage and was very engaged and responsive to the students in the small group sessions. I have heard a lot of positive feedback from both students and faculty."
-The Park School"Cathy was FABULOUS! She really got people thinking. Now I think the institutions are even more hungry for next steps in understanding what to do now that they know the complexities."
-Achieving the Dream, Inc."It's safe to say Cathy was the fan favorite of the entire conference and our survey results fully support the sentiment. We couldn't have asked for a better keynote speaker. Cathy was wonderful."
-Brandwatch"Cathy O'Neil's keynote was one of the highlights of SHIFT Business Festival. She has clear and understandable way to explain complex topics and she works toward a good cause that we also believe in."
-SHIFT Business Festival
AI & ChatGPT – Neither Wise Nor Threatening
In this engaging talk, big data scientist, author, and algorithm expert CATHY O’NEIL breaks down the headlines around the newest generation of AI tools, ChatGPT. With her trademark humor and gift for making scientific language accessible, Cathy dispels the myths around whether to celebrate – or fear – these new tools, and how individuals and organizations can use them for maximum benefit while minimizing harm.
Algorithms Don’t Predict the Future, They Cause the Future
We all know that algorithms determine which social media ads you see, but have you considered how they are deciding your fate? Algorithms decide who gets the job, who gets into the college and which dating candidates you see. In some companies AI performance reviews determine who gets fired and promoted. Some of the biggest moments in your life are decided by algorithms. You are being nudged if not pushed into the path determined by The Digital Fates. In this talk, CATHY O’NEIL reveals the bias inherent in these algorithms, raises your awareness of how it is impacting your life, and teaches you how you can opt out to avoid being fooled or left out.
How to Fix the Inherent and Unintended Risks of the Algorithms
This speech holds an important message for tech companies which create algorithms and the companies which employ them to determine pricing, customer experience, or user outcomes. In this talk, CATHY O’NEIL raises awareness of how algorithms can embed inherent bias, which may end up rendering products illegal. She recommends scrutinizing the algorithms with an FDA style approach. In her risk-consulting and her talks, O’Neil helps well-intentioned organizations understand the unintended consequences of inherent bias or blindspots in their algorithms, and helps them avoid legal, PR and moral complications.
What Can Go Wrong With Metrics
Companies are squeezed by margins, tough economic conditions, and regulations…but have you thought about how the wrong metrics might be squeezing your business?
In her talk, algorithm and bias expert CATHY O’NEIL, helps you examine the metrics that are deciding the fate of your business. Optimizing to those metrics - and the algorithms developed to do so - inform your access to capital, your supply chain, and the way you sell to consumers. You can understand these faulty algorithms even if you don’t have a PhD in math, and raise your awareness of how they are impacting your business.
Bad Algorithms & The Ethical Matrix
Algorithms can embed bias, they can propagate or even exacerbate inequality, or they can just be plain inaccurate. How do we keep track of all the potential problems? How do we make sure the algorithms we build "work well"? What do we even mean by that? In this talk CATHY O’NEIL will introduce the ethical matrix, a construction borrowed from moral philosophy, as a way of organizing our thoughts around important and urgent questions like these.
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
Based on her new book The Shame Machine, New York Times bestselling author and data expert CATHY O’NEIL investigates how shame functions as a tool across sectors, including government, the healthcare system, and the wellness industry. Drawing on her expertise as a mathematician, data scientist, and lifelong fat person, O’Neil offers unparalleled insight about shame, its relationship to power, and how to cultivate dignity for ourselves and others in this age of social media and hyper partisan politics.
