The Master Algorithm:
How the Quest for the
Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
Pedro Domingos (Author),
Mel Foster (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher)
Under the aegis of machine
learning in our data-driven machine age, computers are programming themselves
and learning about - and solving - an extraordinary range of problems, from the
mundane to the most daunting. Today it is machine learning programs that enable
Amazon and Netflix to predict what users will like, Apple to power Siri's
ability to understand voices, and Google to pilot cars. These programs are
already helping us fight the war on cancer and predict the movements of the
stock market, and they are making great headway with instant language
translation and discovering new laws of nature.
But machine learning is
incomplete, and its practitioners across the globe are seeking the most
powerful algorithm of all. The Master Algorithm will not be limited to solving
particular problems but will be able to learn anything and solve any problem,
however difficult, and Pedro Domingos, a trailblazing computer scientist, is at
the very forefront of the search for it. With the Master Algorithm in hand and
data as its fuel, machine learning - essentially the automation of discovery, a
kind of scientific method on steroids - will become the most powerful
technology humanity has ever devised. And The Master Algorithm will be its
bible.
