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Tenner, Edward.
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Industrial efficiency.
Serendipity.
Artificial intelligence.
Big data.
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Tenner, Edward.
Industrial efficiency.
Serendipity.
Artificial intelligence.
Big data.
MARC Display
The
efficiency
paradox
:
what
big
data
can
't
do
/ Edward Tenner.
by
Tenner, Edward.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Call #:
658.515 T297e
Subjects
Industrial
efficiency
.
Serendipity.
Artificial intelligence.
Big
data
.
ISBN:
9781400041398 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxxi, 282 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface: The seven deadly sins of
efficiency
: why it is still a work in progress -- From mill to platform : how the nineteenth century redefined
efficiency
and the twenty-first has transformed it -- The failed promise of the information explosion : how the quest to measure elite science empowered populist culture -- The mirage of the teaching machine : why learning is still a slog after fifty years of Moore's Law -- Moving targets :
what
geographic information
can
't
do
-- The vanished body : why we are still waiting for RoboDoc -- Inspired inefficiency : how to balance algorithm and intuition.
Summary:
"A bold challenge to our obsession with efficiency--and a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity. Algorithms, multitasking, the sharing economy, life hacks: our culture
can
't get enough of
efficiency
. One of the great promises of the Internet and
big
data
revolutions is the idea that we
can
improve the processes and routines of our work and personal lives to get more done in less time than ever before. There is no doubt that we're performing at higher levels and moving at unprecedented speed, but
what
if we're headed in the wrong direction? Melding the long-term history of technology with the latest headlines and findings of computer science and social science, The
Efficiency
Paradox
questions our ingrained assumptions about
efficiency
, persuasively showing how relying on the algorithms of platforms
can
in fact lead to wasted efforts, missed opportunities, and above all an inability to break out of established patterns. Edward Tenner offers a smarter way of thinking about
efficiency
, revealing
what
we and our institutions, when equipped with an astute combination of artificial intelligence and trained intuition,
can
learn from the random and unexpected."--Dust jacket.
"Bold challenge to our obsession with efficiency--and a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity."--From publisher.
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