AIQ, Nick Polson
AIQ, Nick Polson
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AIQ
How People and Machines Are Smarter Together

Author: Nick Polson, James Scott

Narrator: Nick Polson, Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

"There comes a time in the life of a subject when someone steps up and writes the book about it. AIQ explores the fascinating history of the ideas that drive this technology of the future and demystifies the core concepts behind it; the result is a positive and entertaining look at the great potential unlocked by marrying human creativity with powerful machines." — Steven Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics

From two cutting-edge data scientists comes a fascinating audiobook that tells listeners what they need to know in order to understand how intelligent machines are changing the world and how we can use this knowledge to make better decisions in our own lives.

Dozens of times per day, we all interact with intelligent machines that are constantly learning from the wealth of data now available tothem. These machines, from smart phones to talking robots to self-driving cars, are remaking the world of the 21st century in the same way that the Industrial Revolution remade the world of the 19th century.

AIQ, by Nick Polson and James Scott, is based on a simple premise: if you want to understand the modern world, then you have to know a little bit of the mathematical language spoken by intelligent machines. AIQ will teach listeners that language—but in an unconventional way, anchored in stories rather than mathematics.

Listeners will meet a fascinating cast of historical characters who have a lot to teach about data, probability, and better thinking. Along the way, listeners will see how these same ideas are playing out in the modern age of big data and intelligent machines—and how these technologies will soon help them to overcome some of their built-in cognitive weaknesses, giving them a chance to lead happier, healthier, more fulfilled lives.

About Nick Polson

NICK POLSON is Professor of Econometrics and Statistics at the Chicago Booth School of Business. He does research on machine intelligence and deep learning, and is a frequent speaker at events. Polson lives in Chicago.

About James Scott

JAMES SCOTT is Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a statistician, data scientist, and has worked with clients across many industries to help them understand the power of data. Scott lives in Austin with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

This is by far the clearest and realistic book about Artificial Intelligence that I have ever read to date. Rather than testing AI like a black box and readers like kindergarten kids (you won’t understand anyway), Polson explains in clear English how AI works. Basically AI uses Bayes’ theorem. Start......more

Goodreads review by Marta

This book is not really about how artificial intelligence works, but more a collection of interesting historical tidbits and examples of current AI use in the real world. As such, it is quite entertaining, but not particularly illuminating. AI in its current form performs statistical analysis on vas......more

Goodreads review by Quintin

AI pervades the fabric of our society and its influence upon our daily lives is expanding exponentially, literally "changing the world one smartphone at a time." In AIQ, Nicholas Polson and James Scott who are bona fide data scientists, urge us to not only embrace this technological revolution, but......more

I love this book. The authors literally describe AI without using math! It’s incredible. There’s a nice bit of quantitative expounding, but each chapter mostly focuses on the actuality, history, and practical application of big AI concepts, such as Bayesian stats, deep learning, and neural networks.......more