Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
By: Ajay Agrawal
3.88
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
"What does AI mean for your business? Read this book to find out." -- Hal Varian, Chief Economist, …
Want to Read $ 15.76"During the shopping process, Amazon’s AI offers suggestions of items that it predicts you will want to buy. The AI does a reasonable job. However, it is far from perfect. In our case, the AI accurately predicts what we want to buy about 5 percent of the time. We actually purchase about one of every twenty items it recommends. Considering the millions of items on offer, that’s not bad!"-Ajay Agrawal, Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
"During the shopping process, Amazon’s AI offers suggestions of items that it predicts you will want to buy. The AI does a reasonable job. However, it is far from perfect. In our case, the AI accurately predicts what we want to buy about 5 percent of the time. We actually purchase about one of every twenty items it recommends. Considering the millions of items on offer, that’s not bad!"-Ajay Agrawal, Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
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2. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner
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3.50
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4. The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
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3.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
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5. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
By: Pedro Domingos
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6. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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4.06
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3.86
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3.46
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13. Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
By: Ajay Agrawal
3.88
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.27
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4.10
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19. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
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20. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
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3.53
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25. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
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29. Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI
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30. All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence
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3.30
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31. Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction
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