A review by ambershelf
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

5.0

4.5/5 arc gifted by the publisher

A compelling read about a new mother getting detained due to AI and her 21 day stay that extends into over 200 days. I enjoyed the discussions of the ethics of AI vs government overreach and privacy concerns, and how late-stage capitalism seeps into every aspect of our daily lives

While there’s not necessarily anything new about for profit “prisons”, AI, surveillance, THE DREAM HOTEL is an addictive read that I finished in 24 hours

My small complaint is parts of explaining how predictive algorithms work seems to be very very simplified (I’m pretty sure people don’t just use linear regressions