Top 5 companies by value (and many others)
are all based on "digital platforms"...
among others:
autonomous machine learning vs human programmers...
Amazon.com: Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future (9780393254297): Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson: Books
"Andrew McAfee was educated at Harvard and MIT, where he is the associate director of the Center for Digital Business."
Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future - Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson - Google Books
podcast interview with the authors:
"Robots moving deeper into the American workplace—how much decision-making will we turn over to machines?"
MACHINE, PLATFORM, CROWD by Andrew McAfee , Erik Brynjolfsson | Kirkus Reviews
"Provocative reading for futurists, investors, and inventors."
Future Tense book event on Machine, Platform, Crowd. @Slate
previous book from same authors:
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies: Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee: 9780393350647: Amazon.com: Books
Videos:
2017-03 Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future - YouTube
Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future - YouTube
Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson, "Machine, Platform, Crowd" - YouTube