书目

Algorithms to Live By：The Computer Science of Human Decisions

内容简介

Afascinatingexplorationofhowinsightsfromcomputeralgorithmscanbeappliedtooureverydaylives，helpingtosolvecommondecision-makingproblemsandilluminatetheworkingsofthehumanmindAllourlivesareconstrainedbylimitedspaceandtime，limitsthatgiverisetoaparticularsetofproblems.Whatshouldwedo，orleaveundone，inadayoralifetime?Howmuchmessinessshouldweaccept?Whatbalanceofnewactivitiesandfamiliarfavoritesisthemostfulfilling?Thesemayseemlikeuniquelyhumanquandaries，buttheyarenot：computers，too，facethesameconstraints，socomputerscientistshavebeengrapplingwiththeirversionofsuchissuesfordecades.Andthesolutionsthey'vefoundhavemuchtoteachus.Inadazzlinglyinterdisciplinarywork，acclaimedauthorBrianChristianandcognitivescientistTomGriffithsshowhowthealgorithmsusedbycomputerscanalsountangleveryhumanquestions.Theyexplainhowtohavebetterhunchesandwhentoleavethingstochance，howtodealwithoverwhelmingchoicesandhowbesttoconnectwithothers.Fromfindingaspousetofindingaparkingspot，fromorganizingone'sinboxtounderstandingtheworkingsofmemory，AlgorithmstoLiveBytransformsthewisdomofcomputerscienceintostrategiesforhumanliving.

作者简介

BrianChristianistheauthorofTheMostHumanHuman,aWallStreetJournalbestseller,NewYorkTimeseditors’choice,andaNewYorkerfavoritebookoftheyear.HiswritinghasappearedinTheNewYorker,TheAtlantic,Wired,TheWallStreetJournal,TheGuardian,andTheParisReview,aswellasinscientificjournalssuchasCognitiveScience,andhasbeentranslatedintoelevenlanguages.HelivesinSanFrancisco.TomGriffithsisaprofessorofpsychologyandcognitivescienceatUCBerkeley,wherehedirectstheComputationalCognitiveScienceLab.Hehaspublishedmorethan150scientificpapersontopicsrangingfromcognitivepsychologytoculturalevolution,andhasreceivedawardsfromtheNationalScienceFoundation,theSloanFoundation,theAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,andthePsychonomicSociety,amongothers.HelivesinBerkeley.,BrianChristianistheauthorofTheMostHumanHuman:WhatArtificialIntelligenceTeachesUsAboutBeingAlive,whichwasaWallStreetJournalbestsellerandaNewYorkerfavoritebookoftheyear.AlongsideStevenPinkerandDanielKahneman,hewasshortlistedfortheBestBookofIdeasprizeintheUK.,TomGriffithsisaprofessorofpsychologyandcognitivescienceatUCBerkeley,wherehedirectstheComputationalCognitiveScienceLab.Hehasreceivedwidespreadrecognitionforhisscientificwork,includingawardsfromtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationandtheSloanFoundation.,

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