How to Stay Smart in a Smart World: Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms

by Gerd Gigerenzer

Book Overview

How to stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms that beat us in chess, find us romantic partners, and tell us to "turn right in 500 yards."

Doomsday prophets of technology predict that robots will take over the world, leaving humans behind in the dust. Tech industry boosters think replacing people with software might make the world a better place--while tech industry critics warn darkly about surveillance capitalism. Despite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262548445
• ISBN13: 9780262548441
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages