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

by Hannah Fry

The first kind builds a 3D model of your face, either by combining a series of 2D images or by scanning you using a special infrared camera. This is the method adopted by the Face ID system that Apple uses in its iPhones.

‘The Soviet Union had remarkably little street crime when they were at their worst of their totalitarian, authoritarian controls. But, my God, at what price?’

lol

So, imagine for a moment: what if we accepted that perfection doesn’t exist? Algorithms will make mistakes. Algorithms will be unfair.

algorithms aren’t perfect, any more than humans are, might just have the effect of diminishing any assumption of their authority.

The most inconclusive conclusion ever. Too neutral

‘When playing with the assistance of computers, we could concentrate on strategic planning instead of spending so much time on calculations. Human creativity was even more paramount under these conditions.’2 The result is chess played at a higher level than has ever been seen before.

I like the chess analogy but the conclusion was so bland