The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World - Softcover

Domingos, Pedro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465094279 ISBN 13: 9780465094271

Publisher: Basic Civitas Books, 2018

Synopsis

A thought-provoking and wide-ranging exploration of machine learning and the race to build computer intelligences as flexible as our own In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge from data, and doing anything we want, before we even ask. In The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos lifts the veil to give us a peek inside the learning machines that power Google, Amazon, and your smartphone. He assembles a blueprint for the future universal learner--the Master Algorithm--and discusses what it will mean for business, science, and society. If data-ism is today's philosophy, this book is its bible.

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Review

"An impressive and wide-ranging work that covers everything from the history of machine learning to the latest technical advances in the field."--Daily Beast

"[The Master Algorithm] does a good job of examining the field's five main techniques.... The subject is meaty and the author...has a knack for introducing concepts at the right moment."--The Economist

"Domingos is a genial and amusing guide, who sneaks us around the backstage areas of the science in order to witness the sometimes personal (and occasionally acrimonious) tenor of research on the subject in recent decades."--Times Higher Education

"An exhilarating venture into groundbreaking computer science." --Booklist, starred review

"Pedro Domingos demystifies machine learning and shows how wondrous and exciting the future will be."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators

"Domingos writes with verve and passion."--New Scientist

"This book is a must have to learn machine learning without equation. It will help you get the big picture of the several learning paradigms. Finally, the provocative idea is not only intriguing, but also very well argued."--Data Mining Research

"If you are interested in a crash course on the enigmatic field of machine learning and the challenges for AI practitioners that lie ahead, this book is a great read."--TechCast Global

"A delightful book by one of the leading experts in the field. If you wonder how AI will change your life, read this book."--Sebastian Thrun, research professor, Stanford, Google Fellow and Inventor of the Self-Driving Car

"Machine learning, known in commercial use as predictive analytics, is changing the world. This riveting, far-reaching, and inspiring book introduces the deep scientific concepts to even non-technical readers, and yet also satisfies experts with a fresh, profound perspective that reveals the most promising research directions. It's a rare gem indeed."--Eric Siegel, founder of Predictive Analytics World and author of Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die

About the Author

Pedro Domingos is a professor of computer science at the University of Washington. He is a winner of the SIGKDD Innovation Award, the highest honor in data science. A fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, he lives near Seattle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0465094279
• ISBN 13: 9780465094271
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352