num_pages: 256
description: Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book PrizeA beautifully accessible guide.One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms.  Times (UK) When it comes to artificial intelligence we either hear of a paradise on earth or of our imminent extinction. Its time we stand face-to-digital-face with the true powers and limitations of the algorithms that already automate important decisions in healthcare transportation crime and commerce. Hello World is indispensable preparation for the moral quandaries of a world run by code and with the unfailingly entertaining Hannah Fry as our guide well be discussing these issues long after the last page is turned.
language: English
title: Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company