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SILO: The Irrational Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us

Abstract Mathematicians and engineers of the 1940s set out to design machines capable of making critical decisions in the face of uncertainty. In less than a decade, they developed a suite of powerful mathematical technologies, including information theory, linear programming, game theory, and neural networks. These tools didn’t merely lay …