Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

"A beautifully accessible guide.… One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms."—Times (UK) Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize When it comes to artificial intelligence, we either hear of a paradise on earth or of our imminent extinction. It’s time we stand face-to-digital-face with the true powers and limitations of the algorithms that already automate important decisions in healthcare, transportation, c