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Books like The Master Algorithm

The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos is about machine learning, artificial intelligence, algorithms. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. The Second Machine Age
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    The Second Machine Age

    Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee · Economics

    The Second Machine Age is Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee's argument that digital technology has entered a qualitatively new phase — one in which machines can perform cognitive tasks previously reserved for humans, creating economic disruption and opportunity simultaneously.

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  2. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
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    Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

    Stuart Russell · Science

    Human Compatible is Stuart Russell's argument, from inside mainstream AI research, that the standard model of AI — build a system that optimizes for a fixed objective — is the wrong approach, and that the transition to much more capable AI systems requires a fundamental change in how AI is designed.

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  3. Weapons of Math Destruction
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    Weapons of Math Destruction

    Cathy O'Neil · Science

    Weapons of Math Destruction is mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil's investigation of how algorithms — statistical models used to make decisions about people's lives — can perpetuate and amplify inequality rather than reduce it.

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  4. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

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    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Nick Bostrom · Science

    Superintelligence is Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom's systematic analysis of what might happen if artificial intelligence systems become more capable than humans — and why that transition might represent one of the most significant risks in human history.

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  5. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
    Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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    Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths · Psychology

    Brian Christian is a writer and Tom Griffiths is a cognitive scientist, and together they argue that computer science has worked out rigorous solutions to many of the problems humans face every day — when to stop searching for a better option, how to manage your schedule, how to sort your memory — and that these solutions are both interesting and useful.

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  6. A Brief History of Time
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    A Brief History of Time

    Stephen Hawking · Science

    A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.

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