Hello World : How to be Human in the Age of the Machine

Resumen del libro

One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.

Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions - in healthcare, transport, finance, security, what we watch, where we go even who we send to prison.

So how much should we rely on them? What kind of future do we want?Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us. In Hello World she lifts the lid on their inner workings, demonstrates their power, exposes their limitations, and examines whether they really are an improvement on the humans they are replacing. A BBC RADIO 4: BOOK OF THE WEEKSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE AND 2018 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE

Biografía del autor

Hannah Fry es una galardonada matemática, escritora y presentadora de radio y televisión británica. Es profesora asociada de Matemáticas de las Ciudades en la University College de Londres y estudia los patrones del comportamiento humano, por ejemplo las relaciones interpersonales y las citas, y lo que nos dicen de ellos las matemáticas. Sus investigaciones la han llevado a colaborar con gobiernos, fuerzas policiales, analistas sanitarios y supermercados. <br> Da charlas TED, que han acumulado millones de visitas, y ha protagonizado documentales de televisión para la BBC y PBS. Junto con Adam Rutherford, es copresentadora del podcast científico The Curious Cases of Rutherford x{0026}amp; Fry. <br> Es autora de The Mathematics of Love, The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus y Hello World, y escribe regularmente para The New Yorker.