The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness

Author:   Leslie Valiant
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691230573


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 May 2026
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The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness


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Author:   Leslie Valiant
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691230573


ISBN 10:   0691230579
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   19 May 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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""Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics, Association of American Publishers"" ""Winner of the PROSE Award in Computing and Information Sciences, Association of American Publishers"" ""Longlisted for the Non-Obvious Book Awards"" ""A New Yorker Best Book of the Year"" ""It’s ‘educability,’ not intelligence, that matters most.""---Joshua Rothman, New Yorker ""This brief, philosophical treatise will be a thoughtful addition to academic collections focused on artificial intelligence and human learning."" * Library Journal * ""Intelligence lacks a clear and agreed definition in science, leading to confusion about IQ and the potential of artificial intelligence. Leslie Valiant, a pioneer of machine learning, prefers to define human intellectual uniqueness as educability instead of intelligence . . . in his complex but jargon-free book.""---Andrew Robinson, Nature


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Leslie Valiant is the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Recipient of the Turing Award and the Nevanlinna Prize for his foundational contributions to machine learning and computer science, he is the author of Probably Approximately Correct and Circuits of the Mind.

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