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Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Learn About Game Theory and AI?

Posted by Soulskill on from the watch-scifi-movies-from-the-eighties dept.

xmojox writes "I would like to learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Game Theory. I know these are both large areas of study; however, my main interest is in how these affect decisions in the world. This would include politicians, business people, and general society. I'm not looking for a career or anything; this is just a personal interest of mine. Where are good places to start in these areas for somebody new to them? I'm aware of the Stanford on-line classes, but those don't work with my current schedule."

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  1. statistical decision theory by ThorGod · · Score: 4, Interesting

    -bone up on your probability (continuous/discrete distributions, transformations, etc)
    -grab a book on statistical decision theory like Parmigiani and Inoue or Berger (85).
    -read Von Neumann/Morgenstern

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    PS: I don't reply to ACs.