Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
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"Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine" is a popular science book by mathematician Hannah Fry that explores how algorithms shape modern life and examines the balance between human judgment and machine decision-making.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8030682 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine Context triple: [Hannah Fry, notableWork, Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine]
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The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth is a speculative nonfiction book that explores a future society dominated by brain-emulation-based robots and examines how this transformation would reshape economics, work, and human relationships.
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Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us
Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us is a popular science book exploring the future of robotics and artificial intelligence and their impact on human society.
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C.
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the imminent rise of superintelligent machines and explores the profound technological, social, and philosophical implications of this transformation.
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D.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
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E.
Darwin Among the Machines
"Darwin Among the Machines" is a non-fiction book by George Dyson that explores the historical development and philosophical implications of artificial intelligence and digital evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine Target entity description: "Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine" is a popular science book by mathematician Hannah Fry that explores how algorithms shape modern life and examines the balance between human judgment and machine decision-making.
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A.
The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth is a speculative nonfiction book that explores a future society dominated by brain-emulation-based robots and examines how this transformation would reshape economics, work, and human relationships.
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B.
Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us
Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us is a popular science book exploring the future of robotics and artificial intelligence and their impact on human society.
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C.
The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the imminent rise of superintelligent machines and explores the profound technological, social, and philosophical implications of this transformation.
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D.
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Age of Spiritual Machines is a futurist book by Ray Kurzweil that predicts the evolution of artificial intelligence and its profound impact on human society and consciousness.
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E.
Darwin Among the Machines
"Darwin Among the Machines" is a non-fiction book by George Dyson that explores the historical development and philosophical implications of artificial intelligence and digital evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Hannah Fry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | mathematician ⓘ |
| discusses |
balance between privacy and data collection
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importance of transparency in algorithms ⓘ real-world case studies of algorithmic decisions ⓘ risks of over-reliance on data-driven systems ⓘ uncertainty and error in predictive models ⓘ |
| explores |
algorithmic bias
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limits of automation ⓘ machine learning ⓘ predictive analytics ⓘ use of algorithms in criminal justice ⓘ use of algorithms in finance ⓘ use of algorithms in healthcare ⓘ use of algorithms in policing ⓘ use of algorithms in transportation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
impact of algorithms on everyday life
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relationship between human judgment and machine decisions ⓘ social consequences of automated systems ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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science and technology ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical but accessible view of technology ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
accountability of automated systems
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ethical design of algorithms ⓘ role of human oversight in AI systems ⓘ trade-offs between efficiency and fairness ⓘ trust in algorithms ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general audience
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readers interested in technology and society ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
algorithmic decision-making
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algorithms ⓘ artificial intelligence ⓘ data science ⓘ ethics of technology ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
discussion of how to remain human in an algorithmic age
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explaining complex algorithms in everyday terms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine Description of subject: "Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine" is a popular science book by mathematician Hannah Fry that explores how algorithms shape modern life and examines the balance between human judgment and machine decision-making.
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