The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691272443ISBN-10:691272441UPC:9780691272443Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, History, Computer ScienceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCNEKAM4SE
The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us
How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality--and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment
In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a peculiar mathematical definition of rationality in...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691272443ISBN-10:691272441UPC:9780691272443Book Category:ComputersBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, History, Computer ScienceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCNEKAM4SE
Benjamin Recht is professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author (with Stephen J. Wright) of Optimization for Data Analysis and (with Moritz Hardt) Patterns, Predictions, and Actions: Foundations of Machine Learning (Princeton).
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