Why read Probably Approximately Correct?

Book cover of Probably Approximately Correct: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World

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From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns,such as the law of gravity,our everyday lives are beyond what known science can predict. We…

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John MacCormick

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In a world full of buzzwords about the latest AI algorithms, Leslie Valiant is one of the few authors who can shrug off the hype and deliver something truly profound. Valiant is a Turing Award winner whose work has changed the face of computational learning theory. His ideas show how algorithms can arise naturally, as part of evolution. (He calls them ecorithms.) These ideas are stunningly original. I admire Valiant’s no-nonsense prose style immensely—it’s such a pleasure to read something where the ideas and explanations are simultaneously so clear and so deep that they provide their own star power.

From John's list on algorithms for people who don’t know algorithms.