“At the dawn of what they aptly call 'the Age of Prediction,' Tulchinsky and Mason give us an exceptionally clear view of the interplay between risk and uncertainty—a guide for what's to come.”
Alyssa Goodman, Professor, Harvard University; Founder,The Prediction Project (predictionx.org)
“With multimodal data and foundation models, we're getting better at predicting everything from earthquakes to health care risks. The extraordinary range of how this may be applied, along with caveats, is nicely captured—with optimism—by an 'odd couple' of authors with interdisciplinary expertise in The Age of Prediction.”
Eric Topol, author of Deep Medicine
“After explaining the common predictive thread underlying diminishing risk in medicine and finance, Tulchinsky and Mason ask if we will ever predict all human behavior. Their analysis is brilliant.”
Michael Milken, chairman, Milken Institute; author of Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health
“The Age of Prediction wrestles with the most important questions facing the world in the decades ahead. For everything from war to business to the environment to health, the question of 'what do we do now if we know the future' looms just ahead of us. This book helps us prepare for that coming dilemma.”
James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs, The Carlyle Group; coauthor of 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
“A powerfully brilliant and insightful portal into an unsettling but promising future. Igor Tulchinsky and Chris Mason have melded incomparable expertise in medicine and finance with a shared passion for the emerging power of AI to produce a book that is simultaneously entertaining, instructive, and thought-provoking. A must-read.”
Stanley McChrystal, General, US Army (Retired); Former Commander, International Security Forces – Afghanistan and Joint Special Operations Command
“The authors are the real deal. They founded one of the most successful data-driven hedge funds in the world. They understand data, AI, and risk. Learn from the best!”
Sebastian Thrun, Founder and Professor, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab 2.0
“[An] ambitious new survey of how predictive algorithms are changing the world.”
Financial Times
“The authors' spirited dialogue illuminates their detailed survey of what predictive tech can do, from warfare to politics.”
New Scientist
“The Age of Prediction details how predictive certainties can bring about complacency or even an increase in risks."
Daily Kos
“A brilliant analysis of two abstractions that are increasingly shaping our lives.”
Blogging on Business
This is a mixed review, but here is a good pull quote “an engaging overview of just how rapidly our predictive powers are expanding.”
Law & Liberty
“[An] articulate book on how current and future artificial-intelligence algorithms will change apprehension of risk and affect human behavior.”
Nature
