It’s not too late to learn about AI

Why should you care about AI and machine learning? It’s changing the world around us at a startling pace. You need to know how it works and what it means for your industry. We’re at a watershed moment in history.

Machine learning is changing the workplace, it’s changing the economy, and it’s changing society. Find out how and why in >Secrets of Machine Learning: How It Works and What It Means for You and learn what you need to know for your industry.

Computers can spot potential lung cancer better than doctors, sniff out fraud better than bankers, and make fake videos that are almost impossible to tell apart from the real thing. Machines will soon write up instant legal documents as good as lawyers and haul goods from coast to coast without drivers. ”It’s [already] everywhere,” says author, Tom Kohn, “From voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, to movie recommendations such as those on Netflix or Amazon Prime, to search engines or social media, similar machine-learning technologies are powering our lives”. If you want to know how and why, read this book.

Secrets of Machine Learning: How It Works and What It Means for You is for anyone curious about how the workplace is changing, students looking to get a job, and employees looking to up-skill and stay sharp. The book retails for US$28 / £25 (paperback) and US$68 / £65 (hardcover) and is also available in electronic formats. To order or know more about the book, visit http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0440.

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About the Author

Tom Kohn is a news product manager in Bloomberg LP’s news innovation lab Before that he was a journalist for two decades – in London, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, and New York City. He’s currently working on technology to build robots that write news stories from data. He’s interested in the intersection of news, finance, and technology and has a fascination with machine learning and its real-world applications. His specializations are automation, financial markets and data.

About World Scientific Publishing Co.

World Scientific Publishing is a leading international independent publisher of books and journals for the scholarly, research and professional communities. World Scientific collaborates with prestigious organisations like the Nobel Foundation and US National Academies Press to bring high quality academic and professional content to researchers and academics worldwide. The company publishes about 600 books and over 170 journals in various fields annually. To find out more about World Scientific, please visit www.worldscientific.com.

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