The Algorithmic Cage: Unmasking AI Bias

The promise of AI is precision. Its reality? A paradox that scales injustice. You trust algorithms to vet job applications, approve loans, and even predict crime. But what if the logic powering the 21st century's greatest innovations is built on a foundation of human bias, error, and exclusion? Welcome to the Labyrinth of Logic. In this incisive and urgently relevant guide, AI ethics expert Dareios Little takes you deep inside the systems that govern our lives. Drawing on cutting-edge research and real-world cases, Little reveals how AI models, trained on the "messy residue of human life," don't erase prejudice—they amplify it. This book is not a technical manual; it's a vital compass for anyone living in a machine-driven world. It strips away the veneer of objectivity to expose the proxies and assumptions that quietly encode exclusion—where your zip code becomes a proxy for risk, and past performance is used to justify future limitation. Your agency is at stake. The future is not a dataset; it's a horizon of becoming. The Algorithmic Cage provides the clarity and actionable insights necessary to reclaim our dignity in the digital age. You will learn to: * Identify the five key forms of algorithmic bias in hiring, finance, and policing. * Demand transparency and accountability from the systems that affect your life. * Insist that technology serves human dignity, not just corporate efficiency. Don't just live within the system. Understand it, challenge it, and redesign it. The choice to build a more equitable digital future is ours—together.