{"product_id":"the-age-of-prediction-algorithms-ai-and-the-shifting-shadows-of-risk-hardcover","title":"The Age of Prediction: Algorithms, Ai, and the Shifting Shadows of Risk - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIgor Tulchinsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher E. Mason\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe power of the ever-increasing tools and algorithms for prediction and their paradoxical effects on risk.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Prediction\u003c\/i\u003e is about two powerful, and symbiotic, trends: the rapid development and use of artificial intelligence and big data to enhance prediction, as well as the often paradoxical effects of these better predictions on our understanding of risk and the ways we live. Beginning with dramatic advances in quantitative investing and precision medicine, this book explores how predictive technology is quietly reshaping our world in fundamental ways, from crime fighting and warfare to monitoring individual health and elections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs prediction grows more robust, it also alters the nature of the accompanying risk, setting up unintended and unexpected consequences. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Prediction\u003c\/i\u003e details how predictive certainties can bring about complacency or even an increase in risks--genomic analysis might lead to unhealthier lifestyles or a GPS might encourage less attentive driving. With greater predictability also comes a degree of mystery, and the authors ask how narrower risks might affect markets, insurance, or risk tolerance generally. Can we ever reduce risk to zero? Should we even try? This book lays an intriguing groundwork for answering these fundamental questions and maps out the latest tools and technologies that power these projections into the future, sometimes using novel, cross-disciplinary tools to map out cancer growth, people's medical risks, and stock dynamics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIgor Tulchinsky is founder, chairman, and CEO of WorldQuant, a quantitative investment firm based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFinding Alphas: A Quantitative Approach to Building Trading Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe UnRules: Man, Machines and the Quest to Master Markets\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher E. Mason is Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Director of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction. He also holds affiliate appointments at the New York Genome Center, Yale Law School, and the Consortium for Space Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mason is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154601906311,"sku":"9780262047739","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9c4b4b0bcfd79f3cd9c2b42d21ea48b3.webp?v=1733229686","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-age-of-prediction-algorithms-ai-and-the-shifting-shadows-of-risk-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}