Pedro Domingos on The Origins of Human Knowledge – The Startup – Medium

The quality and shape of human decision-making is taking a profound leap forward thanks to new partners: artificial intelligence and machine learning. Many intelligent people view AI with alarmism, but not Pedro Domingos, the University of Washington professor working at the cutting edge of machine learning. He wrote The Master Algorithm, which I swallowed whole and have been digesting every since. I was fortunate enough to have a long and fascinating conversation with him over dinner one night which I hoped would never end -- but that ended up leading to this interview, in which we explore new sources of knowledge, why white collar jobs are easier to replace than blue collar jobs, centaur chess players, and so much more. The Excerpts below are from my interview with him for the knowledge project, a podcast exploring ideas, methods, and mental models, that help expand your mind, live deliberately, and master the best of what other people have already figured out.