In theory, such an algorithm could derive Newton’s laws from the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe, with no a priori knowledge of such laws.īut why should such an algorithm even exist? Domingos provides compelling arguments from neuroscience, evolution, physics, statistics and computer science. If it exists, says Domingos, the master algorithm can derive all knowledge in the world “past, present, and future – from data”. The book is about the quest for that one master algorithm which would change machine learning, and hence our lives, irrevocably. “Machine learning is about prediction,” he writes, “predicting what we want, the results of our actions, how to achieve our goals, how the world will change.” Machine learning is remaking science, technology, business, politics and war,” writes Domingos, a computer scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle.įor people in his field, the problem is that there are myriad such algorithms, each trying to discern patterns in the masses of data we produce. “Society is changing, one learning algorithm at a time.
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