作者：ChristopherSteiner
出版社：Portfolio
副标题：HowAlgorithmsCametoRuleOurWorld
出版年：2013-8-9
页数：256
定价：USD25.95
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781591844921
内容简介
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"The rousing story of the last gasp of human agency and how today's best and brightest minds are endeavoring to put an end to it."
It used to be that to diagnose an illness, interpret legal documents, analyze foreign policy, or write a newspaper article you needed a human being with specific skills–and maybe an advanced degree or two. These days, high-level tasks are increasingly being handled by algorithms that can do precise work not only with speed but also with nuance. These "bots" started with human programming and logic, but now their reach extends beyond what their creators ever expected. In this fascinating, frightening book, Christopher 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, often silently, without our knowledge. The May 2010 "Flash Crash" exposed Wall Street's reliance on trading bots to the tune of a 998-point market drop and $1 trillion in vanished market value. But that was just the beginning. In "Automate This," we meet bots that are driving cars, penning haiku, and writing music mistaken for Bach's. They listen in on our customer service calls and figure out what Iran would do in the event of a nuclear standoff. There are algorithms that can pick out the most cohesive crew of astronauts for a space mission or identify the next Jeremy Lin. Some can even ingest statistics from baseball games and spit out pitch-perfect sports journalism indistinguishable from that produced by humans. The interaction of man and machine can make our lives easier. But what will the world look like when algorithms control our hospitals, our roads, our culture, and our national security? What hap-pens 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? Who knows–maybe there's a bot learning to do your job this minute.
作者简介
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克里斯托弗•斯坦纳（Christopher Steiner）
创业公司Aisle50共同创始人及联席CEO，《福布斯》杂志和《芝加哥论坛报》科技专栏特约作者，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，另著有全美畅销书《油价30元/升》。另外，他常在各种会议就科技、算法、大数据等主题发表演说，阐释算法与大数据如何塑造、变革、掌控人类生活。
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太简单了，做家务的时候随便听听还可以，跟moneyball什么的完全一个类型。推崇用程序代替人。我本来就很喜欢这些所以。。。读起来不太有新东西。另外刚刚看了Antifragile，这本就是对自动化带来的pitfall不太涉及。不过个人感情上放不下automation啊，所谓的eat people，的的确确是真心大爱的东西。
很适合geek读
一般，覆盖面远没有想象中的那么广阔，此书最初写的时候只是针对自动化股票交易的，后来虽然改了，但局限性还是很大的。
自动化编曲
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