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Hello World - Being Human in the Age of Algorithms (Hardcover)
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If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your
sentence-a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy
or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What if you
want to buy a driverless car and must choose between one programmed
to save as many lives as possible and another that prioritizes the
lives of its own passengers? And would you agree to share your
family's full medical history if you were told that it would help
researchers find a cure for cancer? These are just some of the
dilemmas that we are beginning to face as we approach the age of
the algorithm, when it feels as if the machines reign supreme.
Already, these lines of code are telling us what to watch, where to
go, whom to date, and even whom to send to jail. But as we rely on
algorithms to automate big, important decisions-in crime, justice,
healthcare, transportation, and money-they raise questions about
what we want our world to look like. What matters most: Helping
doctors with diagnosis or preserving privacy? Protecting victims of
crime or preventing innocent people being falsely accused? Hello
World takes us on a tour through the good, the bad, and the
downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us on a daily basis.
Mathematician Hannah Fry reveals their inner workings, showing us
how algorithms are written and implemented, and demonstrates the
ways in which human bias can literally be written into the code. By
weaving in relatable, real world stories with accessible
explanations of the underlying mathematics that power algorithms,
Hello World helps us to determine their power, expose their
limitations, and examine whether they really are improvement on the
human systems they replace.
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