TY  - BOOK
AU  - Agrawal,Ajay
AU  - Goldfarb,Avi
AU  - Gans,Joshua
TI  - Prediction machines : : the simple economics of artificial intelligence 
SN  - 9781633695672
AV  - TA347.A78 .A385 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard Business Review Press
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Bibliography B3 DATA The Business Aspect of Artificial Intelligence
N2  - "Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life-driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In the face of such uncertainty, many either cower in fear or predict an impossibly sunny future. But in Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this single, masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and show how basic tools from economics provide clarity about the AI revolution and a basis for action by executives, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In this newly revised and expanded edition, the authors illustrate how, when AI is framed as cheap prediction, its extraordinary potential becomes clear: Prediction is at the heart of making decisions amid uncertainty. Our businesses and personal lives are riddled with such decisions; prediction tools increase productivity-operating machines, handling documents, communicating with customers; and uncertainty constrains strategy. Better prediction creates opportunities for new business strategies to compete. Reflecting on the book's reception, the authors reset the context, describing the striking impact the book has had and how its argument and its implications are playing out in the real world. And in new material, they explain how prediction fits into decision-making processes and how foundational technologies such as quantum computing will impact business choices. Penetrating, insightful, and practical, Prediction Machines will help you navigate the changes on the horizon. The impact of AI will be profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple"-- Provided by publisher
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