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Voices in the Code by David Robinson asks the most urgent question about technology at the appropriate level of abstraction: how do we make algorithms that impact the public accountable to the public? Robinson insists, correctly, that this is not a new question, just a new level of complexity. Dodging the fad appeal of techno-solutionism, he points the reader to profound lessons from publicly accountable algorithms that have been largely resolved, such as kidney transplant lists. --Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction and founder and CEO, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing (ORCAA) Voices in the Code is essential reading for anyone interested in civil rights, the biases of data, and holding algorithmic systems accountable. Robinson compellingly draws lessons from the struggle to fairly allocate transplant organs to grapple with the moral work of algorithmic governance. --danah boyd, partner researcher, Microsoft Research; distinguished visiting professor, Georgetown University; and founder and president, Data & Society How do we share the moral burden of high-stakes digital decision-making? David Robinson's gripping account of the development of the U.S. kidney allocation system offers promising ways forward: we must promote participation by design, center lived experience, and share power to protect community values. Voices in the Code passionately demonstrates how ethical algorithms, like democracy itself, require constant tending. A must-read. --Virginia Eubanks, associate professor of political science, University at Albany, SUNY

"""Voices in the Code by David Robinson asks the most urgent question about technology at the appropriate level of abstraction: how do we make algorithms that impact the public accountable to the public? Robinson insists, correctly, that this is not a new question, just a new level of complexity. Dodging the fad appeal of techno-solutionism, he points the reader to profound lessons from publicly accountable algorithms that have been largely resolved, such as kidney transplant lists."" --Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction and founder and CEO, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing (ORCAA) ""Voices in the Code is essential reading for anyone interested in civil rights, the biases of data, and holding algorithmic systems accountable. Robinson compellingly draws lessons from the struggle to fairly allocate transplant organs to grapple with the moral work of algorithmic governance."" --danah boyd, partner researcher, Microsoft Research; distinguished visiting professor, Georgetown University; and founder and president, Data & Society ""How do we share the moral burden of high-stakes digital decision-making? David Robinson's gripping account of the development of the U.S. kidney allocation system offers promising ways forward: we must promote participation by design, center lived experience, and share power to protect community values. Voices in the Code passionately demonstrates how ethical algorithms, like democracy itself, require constant tending. A must-read."" --Virginia Eubanks, associate professor of political science, University at Albany, SUNY"

""Voices in the Code by David Robinson asks the most urgent question about technology at the appropriate level of abstraction: how do we make algorithms that impact the public accountable to the public? Robinson insists, correctly, that this is not a new question, just a new level of complexity. Dodging the fad appeal of techno-solutionism, he points the reader to profound lessons from publicly accountable algorithms that have been largely resolved, such as kidney transplant lists."" --Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction and founder and CEO, O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing (ORCAA) ""Voices in the Code is essential reading for anyone interested in civil rights, the biases of data, and holding algorithmic systems accountable. Robinson compellingly draws lessons from the struggle to fairly allocate transplant organs to grapple with the moral work of algorithmic governance."" --danah boyd, partner researcher, Microsoft Research; distinguished visiting professor, Georgetown University; and founder and president, Data & Society ""How do we share the moral burden of high-stakes digital decision-making? David Robinson's gripping account of the development of the U.S. kidney allocation system offers promising ways forward: we must promote participation by design, center lived experience, and share power to protect community values. Voices in the Code passionately demonstrates how ethical algorithms, like democracy itself, require constant tending. A must-read."" --Virginia Eubanks, associate professor of political science, University at Albany, SUNY

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DAVID G. ROBINSON is a visiting scholar at the Social Science Matrix at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the faculty at Apple University. From 2018 to 2021, he developed this book as a Visiting Scientist at Cornell's AI Policy and Practice Project. Earlier, Robinson co-founded and led Upturn, an NGO that partners with civil rights organizations to advance equity and justice in the design, governance and use of digital technology.

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