In an article on Domingos’ Master Algorithm, Slate’s David Auerbach notes that “even within computer science, machine learning is notably opaque.” But it’s also increasingly central to ...

The Master Algorithm, by Pedro Domingos: In clear language, Domingos explains the capabilities and potential of machine learning, offering one of the most thoroughgoing and accessible ...

The algorithm employs a general statistical arbitrage strategy based on the tendency of overvalued stocks to go back down and the undervalued ones to go up. In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, it ...