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Automate This

How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World

Christopher Steiner

2012·248 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics Science & Mind

Traces the rise of computerized decision making to explore how it has become a pervasive aspect of life, revealing how cleverly designed bots are helping and hindering today's world while considering how algorithm technology will shape the near future.

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Automate This

How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World

Christopher Steiner

Year

2012

Pages

248

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics Science & Mind Self-Help & Business

Description

Traces the rise of computerized decision making to explore how it has become a pervasive aspect of life, revealing how cleverly designed bots are helping and hindering today's world while considering how algorithm technology will shape the near future.

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