Learn more about The Age of AI: And Our Human Future was published, a revolution in generative AI has brought us much closer to the promise of artificial general intelligence - the representation of human cognitive abilities in software- making the book's discussion of how society will change as machines increasingly perform human tasks all the more relevant. 'AI's promise of epoch-making transformations-in society, economics, politics, and foreign policy-portends effects beyond the scope of any single author's or field's traditional focuses,' the authors contend in an online preview of the book.

Why it's good: The book's trio of authors brings their expertise in statecraft, business, and academia to explore how AI is set to reshape society. Kissinger, former Secretary of State in the Nixon & Ford administrations Schmidt, former CEO of Google Huttenlocher, an acclaimed computer vision research who is currently a dean at MIT's Schwarzman College of Computing. 'It's a book that was sort of ahead of its time in terms of thinking through the issues,' he said, adding that it's also 'just one of those rare books that is approachable, compelling to read, and technically correct.'Īuthors: Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher. Matt Turck, an investor who focuses on generative AI at the venture firm FirstMark Capital, believes The Master Algorithm is still relevant now, and a great introduction to the field. Ultimately, he elucidates what the invention of a 'master algorithm' - a learning algorithm that is capable of discovering any knowledge from data - will mean for both business and society at large. He also takes readers behind the scenes of the learning models that power tech giants like Google and Amazon. Why it's good: Domingos, whose research focuses on machine learning and data mining, takes on an ambitious task with The Master Algorithm, which was recommended by Bill Gates at the Code Conference in 2016.ĭomingos starts by giving readers a look into the five major schools of thought in machine learning.

It often indicates a user profile.Īuthor: Pedro Domingos, professor emeritus of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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