1135: Sandra Matz | How Algorithms Read and Reveal the Real You

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. Facebook in two thousand fifteen was actually accused of predicting whether teenagers on their platform were struggling from anxiety, depression, low self esteem, and then they were selling them out to advertisers. So this is like someone at their most vulnerable state. Not only are they suffering from anxiety, they're also teenagers. They're still figuring out the identity. So the moment that you tap into this vulnerability, the damage that you can do, I mean it's very obvious. Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. On the Jordan Harbinger Show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you. Our mission is to help you become a better informed, more critical thinker through long form conversations with a variety of amazing folks

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And how we leave millions of digital footprints each day. This is a bit of a deep episode on the data we leave and how it is used. A lot of fascinating details in here. Algorithms can tell if someone is gay eighty one percent of the time just using their face. That's pretty interesting. They might have better gay dar than humans. How computers actually test their assumptions about us, and what having a low phone battery means about you. And yes, we already know you're one of those. Now. Here we go with Zandra Mott's. I think everybody knows that companies collect a lot of data on us, but I guess

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