The Irrational Decision
how we gave computers the power to choose for us
$51.99
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
The Irrational Decision: Reclaiming Human Judgment in a Quantified World
How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality-and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment
In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a peculiar mathematical definition o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691272443 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691272441 |
| Author: | Benjamin Recht |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
Benjamin Recht
Benjamin Recht is professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author (with Stephen J. Wright) of Optimization for Data Analysis and (with Moritz Hardt) Patterns, Predictions, and Actions: Foundations of Machine Learning (Princeton).
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