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ebal's review against another edition
1.0
I am really sorry but I have to give a negative review of this book. There are three basic rules of me choosing a book: entertainment, educational, or escape my bubble. Unfortunately this book didn't provide me anything of those things. I should say that some of their facts are also wrong, especially in the history of computers/AI I was hoping to read about ELIZA in that chapter! I understand that this book is being written from an economists point of view and thus my expectations shouldn't be very high on a technical side, but this book just offers a simple overview of the current status in AI and nothing else. At least for me. Full disclosure I got this audiobook on a sale $3.66.
andrejt's review against another edition
3.0
The book can be summarized in one sentence: AI dramatically lowers the price of prediction. The rest is about various economic consequences of this effect for companies, employees, and consumers. There are a lot of concrete and insightful examples that made me really think. But, overall, the book feels a bit fluffy and most of its most interesting content could probably fit into one or two blog posts.
gijs's review against another edition
3.0
This was ok, felt a bit dated already, but that’s to be expected given the pace of AI development.
bechols's review against another edition
4.0
Clearly written and argued, despite being fairly abstract.
j_shoes's review against another edition
3.0
This will be enlightening to any one in modern business with only light technology skills. It doesn’t dive deep enough into any one framework to feel flushed out. Worth a read if you’re in management and need a primer. Some cause and effect scenarios are semi provocative, but this will likely go into a shelf, never to be reached for again.
jcthiem's review against another edition
3.0
Subject matter was interesting but this book seemed a bit generic, rehashing material I've read numerous times in similar books. Good writing but nothing groundbreaking.
rick2's review against another edition
2.0
Fancy sounding drivel, unfounded speculation, and hype. The authors clearly don’t understand the technology. For example, in part two they discuss a mining truck in Australia that is fully automated. They say it’s because there are less “externalities” that it is able to be fully autonomous vs a car or road faring truck. This is nonsense. A mining truck on a single dirt road is a significantly easier programming problem. Truck goes to point A, turns around, goes back to point B. No people, other cars, dogs, or errant baby strollers to avoid.
This type of misconception permeates the book. Essentially the authors are smart sounding but without any sort of reasonable technical foundation to stand on.
This type of misconception permeates the book. Essentially the authors are smart sounding but without any sort of reasonable technical foundation to stand on.