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📖 BOOK SUMMARY: Christopher Steiner's Automate This explores the increasing role of algorithms in various sectors. The book details how algorithms revolutionised Wall Street trading, initially through individual innovators like Thomas Peterffy, and subsequently through high-frequency trading firms. It then expands to examine algorithms' impact on other fields, including music production (with David Cope's AI composer), sports analytics, political prediction, and healthcare diagnostics. Steiner highlights both the successes and unforeseen consequences of algorithmic automation, raising questions about job displacement and the evolving relationship between humans and machines. Ultimately, the book illustrates the pervasive and transformative power of algorithms in the modern world.

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