Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

A good pop science overview to the algorithms that are in use in our judicial system, the medicine branch, car industry, in crime prevention, and the arts. Illustrated with lots of real life anecdotes and studies of algorithms saving lives or causing havoc.

Fry ultimate makes the case for society to give up the expectation of achieving perfect algorithms, and instead focus on human-algorithm collaborations and algorithm transparency. No surprises there, but as this is a great primer, i would say it achieves its goal with very engaging writing.