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Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine (Paperback)
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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.
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