The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

He assembles a blueprint for the future universal learner-the Master Algorithm-and discusses what it will mean for business, science, and society. In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge from data, and doing anything we want, before we even ask. If data-ism is today's philosophy, this book is its bible.. In The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos lifts the veil to give us a peek inside the learning machines that power Google, , and your smartphone

. A fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, he lives near Seattle. He is a winner of the SIGKDD Innovation Award, the highest honor in data science. Pedro Domingos is a professor of computer science at the University of Washington

Writing breezily but with deep authority, Domingos is the perfect tour guide from whom you will learn everything you need to know about this exciting field, and a surprising amount about science and philosophy as well."-Duncan Watts, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, and author of Six Degrees and Everything Is Obvious *Once You Know the Answer"Machine learning is a fascinating world never before glimpsed by outsiders. Readerswill discover fascinating insights."-Kirkus Reviews "This book is a sheer pleasure, mixed with education. Unlike other books that proclaim a bright future, this one actually gives you what you need to understand the changes that are coming."-Peter Norvig, Director of

This book isn't perfect, but I'm still giving it 5 stars because Karl Rosaen This book isn't perfect, but I'm still giving it 5 stars because it provides a better overview of the entire field of Machine Learning than any other book I've come across. My background is in computer science and software engineering and I've been interested ML as more of a hobbyist and outside observer for a few years (reading some books, taking Andrew NG's coursera course), just recen. Shankar Saikia said Awesome and Unique Comprehensive Yet Readable Overview of ML. AWESOME OVERVIEW OF ML IDEASI have read a few textbooks on machine learning (intro to Statistical Learning by Hastie etc) and so I would say that my knowledge of ML is at the "textbook overview" level. Since I am not a ML practitioner, I may not be the best judge of a book such as this one, it was a fairly difficult read, and I know I need to read the book a second time to get an even gr. Good overview of machine learning techniques for non-expert but overall a mixed book The Master Algorithm is a reasonable overview of the growing field of machine learning. The author explores the idea of there being a master algorithm which could explain everything given enough data. The idea seems a bit over the top when initially phrased but the real purpose of the book is to introduce ideas used in machine learning and how they work and are used to solve problems.The