The Age of Prediction: Algorithms, AI, and the Shifting Shadows of Risk by Igor Tulchinsky and Christopher E Mason examines the power of predictive algorithms and how they are transforming countless fields. It discusses how data generation has skyrocketed in recent decades, and how machine learning and AI are making enormous things possible. It also looks at how complex non-linear systems can be penetrated, and how AI and machine learning have revolutionized financial markets. The book is clear-eyed about the enormous power of these technologies, and their current limits.
