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

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hello-world-how-to-be-human-in-the-age-of-the-machine

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine?Mathematician and science communicator specializing in complex systems and human behavior
2. What is 'Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine' about?It explains how computer programs called algorithms are changing many parts of our lives, from games to jobs, and asks what it means to be human when machines help make decisions.
3. How do algorithms affect everyday things like cars and hospitals?They help cars drive themselves and help doctors decide on treatments by looking at lots of data quickly.

Algorithm: A finite sequence of well-defined, computer-implementable instructions, typically to solve a class of problems or to perform a computation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation.