The Age of Prediction: Algorithms, AI, and the Shifting Shadows of Risk

As prediction grows more robust, it also alters the nature of the accompanying risk, setting up unintended and unexpected consequences. The Age of Prediction details how predictive certainties can bring about complacency or even an increase in risks—genomic analysis might lead to unhealthier lifestyles or a GPS might encourage less attentive driving. With greater predictability also comes a degree of mystery, and the authors ask how narrower risks might have an effect on markets, insurance, or risk tolerance most often. Are we able to ever reduce risk to zero? Will have to we even try? This book lays an intriguing groundwork for answering these fundamental questions and maps out the latest tools and technologies that power these projections into the future, from time to time the usage of novel, cross-disciplinary tools to map out cancer growth, people’s medical risks, and stock dynamics.