Hello World

Resumen del libro

You are accused of a crime? Who would you rather decides your future - an algorithm or a human?
Before making your decision, bear in mind that the algorithm will always be more consistent, and far less prone to an error of judgement. Then again, at least the human will be able to look you in the eye before determining your fate. How much fairness would you be willing to sacrifice for that human touch?
This is just one of the dilemmas we face in the age of the algorithm, where the machine rules supreme, telling us what to watch, where to go, even who to send to prison.

As increasingly we rely on them to automate big, important decisions - in crime, healthcare, transport, money - they raise questions that cut to the heart of what we want our society to look like, forcing us to decide what matters most. Is helping doctors to diagnose patients more or less important than preserving our anonymity? Should we prevent people from becoming victims of crime, or protect innocent people from being falsely accused?
Hannah Fry takes us on a tour through 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 human systems they replace.

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.