Pols laud new Worcester-Boston express train

Pols laud new Worcester-Boston express train

Congressman James McGovern was able to catch his plane out of Logan Airport, and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito had a chance to tout the benefits of central Massachusetts living after the two elected officials arrived in South Station on the first express train from Worcester on Monday morning.

"We can bring more people to the Worcester area," Polito, a Shrewsbury Republican, told a crowd of media and officials assembled in the South Station lobby, saying Worcester offers an "affordable lifestyle."

We need to know the algorithms the government uses to make important decisions about us
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We need to know the algorithms the government uses to make important decisions about us

Nicholas Diakopoulos

In criminal justice systems, credit markets, employment arenas, higher education admissions processes and even social media networks, data-driven algorithms now drive decision-making in ways that touch our economic, social and civic lives. These software systems rank, classify, associate or filter information, using human-crafted or data-induced rules that allow for consistent treatment across large populations.

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