Lo imprevisible

We like to have everything under control, but at the same time we want life to surprise us. There are algorithms to predict the weather, traffic jams and even love. There are those who compose music and paint pictures like Rembrandt's. Some create fake news and others predict who we will vote for. As we cede power to machines, we are more concerned with what is beyond their control. Why couldn't the algorithms foresee the biggest global pandemic? What aspects of our life will artificial intelligence invade after the coronavirus? How much of what surrounds us will remain unpredictable? With humor and a critical spirit, the journalist Marta García Aller immerses us in a fascinating search of what it means to be human in an uncertain world dominated by machines. The result is an essential book in which all kinds of witnesses of the unexpected appear. From mathematicians, epidemiologists and geneticists to linguists, lawyers, and engineers. There's a three-year-old girl, several successful businesswomen, and a Tinder flirt, along with neurologists, comedians, and the odd robot. Data, like oracles, are not always reliable and we often attribute more power to them than they actually have, but their successes and mistakes will determine our future.