Description
Product ID: | 9780141979243 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Master Algorithm |
Subtitle: | How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World |
Authors: | Author: Pedro Domingos |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Impact of science and technology on society, Impact of science & technology on society, Information technology: general topics, Information technology: general issues |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'Pedro Domingos demystifies machine learning and shows how wondrous and exciting the future will be' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve JobsSociety is changing, one learning algorithm at a time, from search engines to online dating, personalized medicine to predicting the stock market. But learning algorithms are not just about Big Data - these algorithms take raw data and make it useful by creating more algorithms. This is something new under the sun: a technology that builds itself. In The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos reveals how machine learning is remaking business, politics, science and war. And he takes us on an awe-inspiring quest to find 'The Master Algorithm' - a universal learner capable of deriving all knowledge from data. ''Pedro Domingos demystifies machine learning and shows how wondrous and exciting the future will be'' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-01-26 |