Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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2016
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Brian R. Christian;T. Griffiths
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Brian R. Christian;T. Griffiths
一个迷人的探索如何从计算机算法的见解可以应用到我们的日常生活中，帮助解决常见的决策问题，并阐明人类思维的运作我们所有的生活都受到有限的空间和时间的限制，限制引起了一系列特定的问题。我们一天或一生应该做什么，或者不做什么？我们应该接受多少混乱？什么样的新活动和熟悉的最爱的平衡是最令人满意的？这些似乎是人类独有的困境，但事实并非如此：计算机也面临着同样的限制，因此计算机科学家几十年来一直在努力解决这些问题。他们找到的解决方案可以教给我们很多东西。在这部令人眼花缭乱的跨学科著作中，著名作家布莱恩·克里斯蒂安和认知科学家汤姆·格里菲斯展示了计算机使用的算法如何解决人类的问题。他们解释了如何有更好的预感，什么时候把事情交给机会，如何处理压倒性的选择，以及如何最好地与他人联系。从寻找配偶到寻找停车位，从整理收件箱到了解记忆的工作方式，《生活的算法》将计算机科学的智慧转化为人类生活的策略。
A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindAll our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us. In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.