Random Home presents the audiobook edition of Hello Globe, written and go through by Hannah Fry.

You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather driven your fate – a human or an algorithm?

An algorithm is even more consistent and less susceptible to mistake of judgement. However a human can look you in the attention before passing phrase.

You need a liver transplant to save your daily life. Who would you want responsible for organ allocation?

An algorithm may match organ donors with patients, potentially saving a lot more about Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine lives. Nonetheless it may send you to the trunk of the queue.

You’re buying a (driverless) car. One vehicle is programmed to save as many lives as possible inside a collision. Another guarantees to prioritize the lives of its people. Which do you choose?

Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions – in health care, transport, finance, security, what we view, where we go even who have we send to jail. So how very much should we rely on them? The type of future perform we want?

Hannah Fry takes us on a tour of the nice, the bad and the downright ugly of the algorithms that surround us. In Hello Globe she elevates the lid on the inner workings, shows their power, exposes their restrictions, and examines whether they really are an improvement on the human beings they are changing.

‘Wise, clear and witty, the definitive guidebook to living in the age of social media marketing, algorithms and automation.’ Adam Rutherford