In this fascinating audiobook, Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World (audiobook) the author Chris Steiner tells the story of how algorithms took over and reveal why the “bot revolution” is about to spill into every facet of our lives. We meet bots which are driving vehicles, penning poems, and writing music mistaken for Bach’s. They listen in on customer support calls and work out what Iran would do in the event of a nuclear standoff. On Wall Street, pre-programmed algorithmic deals are executed by machines quicker than any human could—leaving human traders at a severe disadvantage.
The bot takeover started with high-frequency buying and selling on Wall Street, and from there it spread to all manners of high-level tasks—for e.g. diagnosing illnesses or deciphering legal documents. There isn’t any realm of human endeavor safe from algorithms that employ speed, precision, and nuance.
Additional ISBNs: 978-1591846529, 978-1591844921, 979-8200560431, B08XZTGY7F
However, what will the world appear like when algorithms manage our roads, our hospitals, and our national security? Is a stock market controlled by high-velocity trading bots worth investing in? And what function will likely be left for writers, doctors, attorneys, truck drivers, and many others?
About The Author & Narrator
Christopher (Chris) Steiner is the co-CEO and co-founder of Aisle50, a Y Combinator start-up offering online grocery deals. An engineer, Steiner was previously a technology staff writer at Chicago Tribune and Forbes.
Walter Dixon is a broadcast media veteran of more than 20+ years of experience with a background in performing arts, theater, and voice work for commercials. After a career in radio, he is now a full-time narrator with more than 50 audiobooks recorded in genres ranging from politics to children’s stories.
NOTE: This sale includes the audiobook and a complimentary ebook of Automate This by Chris Steiner. No other resources included.
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