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

'With refreshing simplicity, Fry explains what AI, machine learning and complicated algorrithms reallly mean.' - The Guardian

'A stylish, thoughtful, and scrupulously fair-minded account of what the software that increasingly governs our lives can and cannot do ... A beautifully accessible guide that leaps lightly from one story to the next without sparing the reader hard questions... deserves a place in the bestseller charts.' - Oliver Moody, The Times

'Hello World is a gem of accessible science writing. With eloquence and charm, Hannah Fry outlines the maths of computer algorithms and explains how they are transforming fields such as health, justice, transport and the arts. She is a wise guide to the benefits - and horrors of our increasingly data-driven world.' - Alex Bellos, author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland

'Computers used to be tools, then they were toys, and now they're all around us. You couldn't ask for a better guide to this bewildering new world than Hannah Fry, who fills Hello World with wit, storytelling and superbly clear insight. Bravo!' - Tim Harford, author and presenter of The Undercover Economist

'Hello World is an action-packed, quick read during which you will be outraged, provoked, and challenged. The numerous, meticulously researched examples reveal the astonishing new world we're living in, one where secret decisions with ambiguous goals are deciding our individual and collective fates. Welcome to the modern world of big data, you're quite possibly screwed.' - Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction

'Expertly told, wise and with a lightness of touch, Hannah Fry's brilliant exploration of how we live our lives in the age of AI will prompt arguments in pubs and over dinner tables for years to come. ' - Adam Rutherford

'Hello World is a brisk and friendly guidebook to the algorithms all around us' - Jordan Ellenberg