Book Titles

Whether we like it or not, breakthrough science has passed into the hands of the middle-aged.

…a lot of the potential gains comer from using the machines to do things that humans cannot much handle or comprehend at all.

When it comes to the relationship of the intelligent citizen with science, we will increasingly become doers and participants rather than comprehending observers.

…a computer program will look at a lot of numbers, search for patterns in a more complex way than current empirical researchers can do, and report back the results.

The power and quality of data will likely grow more rapidly than the power and quality of our best models.

…as data quality improves and number of data points multiplies, machine intelligence might tell us that a particular mix of regulations and monetary policy will lead to a financial crisis…

Only the machine will, in its own way, be able to encompass the entirety of the theory and its tests.

The ‘expert’ might be someone trained in making sense of the machine’s output, or turning the data into machine-readable form, rather than someone who does the actual work…

Since the self-motivated will find it easier to succeed than ever before, a new tier of people from poor or underprivileged backgrounds will claw their way to the top.

Worthy individuals will in fact rise from poverty on a regular basis, and that will make it easier to ignore those who are left behind.