数据的乐趣
- 类型：
- 剧情片
- 导演：
- Catherine Gale
- 年代：
- 2016
- 地区：
- 英国
- 语言：
- 英语
- 更新：
- 2024-03-20
- 简介：
Awitty,exhilaratingandmind-expandingexplorationofthewordofourtimes-data-withmathematicianDrHannahFry.FollowinginthefootstepsofBBCFour'spreviousgleefullynerdy,award-winningmathsfilmsTheJoyofStats,TailsyouWin-TheScienceofChanceandTheJoyofLogic,thisnewhigh-techromprevealsexactlywhatdataisandhowitiscaptured,stored,sharedandmadesenseof.Fryalsotellsthestoryoftheengineersofthedataage,peoplemostofushaveneverheardofdespitethefacttheybroughtaboutatechnologicalandphilosophicalrevolution.
详细
ForHannahFry,thejoyofdataisallaboutspottingpatterns.She'sLecturerintheMathematicsofCitiesatUCLaswellasbeingthepresenteroftheBBCseriesTrainspottingLiveandCityintheSky,andsheseesdataastheessentialbridgebetweentwouniverses-thetangible,noisy,messyworldthatweseeandexperience,andtheclean,ordered,elegantworldofmaths,whereeverythingcanbecapturedbeautifullywithequations.
AlongthewaythefilmrevealstheconnectionbetweenScrabblescoresandonlinemoviestreaming,explainswhyaherdofWiltshiredairycowsarewearingpedometers,anduncoverstheremarkablenetworkmapofWikipedia.What'sthemysterylinkbetween'marmalade'and'OneDirection'?
TheJoyofDataalsohailsthegiantcontributionofClaudeShannon,theAmericanmathematicianandelectricalengineerwho,inanattempttosolvetheproblemofnoisytelephonelines,devisedawaytodigitiseallinformation.ItwasShannon,fatherofthe'bit',whosinglehandedlylaunchedthe'informationage'.Meanwhile,thegreenlawnsofBritain'sNationalPhysicalLaboratoryhostaracebetweenitsyoungapprenticesinordertodemonstratehowandwhydatamovesquicklyandsuccessfullyaroundmoderndatanetworks.It'sallthankstothebrillianttechniquefirstinventedthereinthe1960sbyWelshmanDonaldDavies-packetswitching-withoutwhichtherewouldbenointernetasweknowit.
Butwhatofthefuture,bigdataandartificialintelligence?Shouldwebeworriedbythepaceofchange,andwhatourowndatacouldandshouldbeusedfor?Ultimately,Fryconcludes,datahasempoweredallofus.Wemusthavemachinesatoursideifwe'retofindpatternsinthemodern-daydatadeluge.But,Frybelieves,regardlessofAIandmachinelearning,itwillalwaystakeustofindthemeaninginthem.
