Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World - Couverture souple

Steiner, Christopher

 
9781591846529: Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World
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ISBN 10 : 1591846528 ISBN 13 : 9781591846529
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2013

Synopsis

In Automate This, Christopher Steiner looks at how the rise of computerized decision making affects every aspect of business and daily life

These days, high-level tasks-such as diagnosing an illness or interpreting legal documents-are increasingly being handled by algorithms that can do precise work with speed and nuance. These "bots" started on Wall Street, but now their reach has spread beyond anything their original creators expected.

In this fascinating book, Steiner tells the story of how algorithms took over-and shows why the "bot revolution" is about to spill into every aspect of our lives. We meet bots that are driving cars, penning haikus, and writing music mistaken for Bach's. They listen in on customer service calls and figure out what Iran would do in the event of a nuclear standoff.

But what will the world look like when algorithms control our hospitals, our roads, our culture, and our national security? What happens to businesses when we automate judgment and eliminate human instinct? And what role will be left for doctors, lawyers, writers, truck drivers, and many others?

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À propos de l'auteur

Christopher Steiner is the cofounder and co-CEO of Aisle50, a Y Combinator start-up offering online grocery deals. An engineer, Steiner was previously a technology journalist at Forbes magazine and the Chicago Tribune. His first book, $20 Per Gallon, was a national bestseller.

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Éditeur
Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1591846528
ISBN 13 
9781591846529
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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9781591844921: Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1591844924 ISBN 13 :  9781591844921
Editeur : Portfolio Penguin, 2013
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