I’ve been waiting for good book that introduces the concepts of data science and machine learning for a lay audience. There’s so much being reported on these subjects nowadays that I’m sure many ...

To the horror of readers everywhere, computer scientists have developed an algorithm they say can predict the commercial viability of a book, with an 84 percent success rate, based solely on the style ...

In this important book, Simons provides one of the best accounts of how advances in artificial intelligence challenge democracy and what societies can do about it. Machine learning is as profound as ...

In a world where our feeds decide what we see, think, and even believe, books still hold the power to surprise us in ways no algorithm can. Non-fiction does more than inform; it awakens. These books ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...