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About the Book

Ever wonder how search engines seem to read your mind, or why your social media feed feels like it knows you?

Your First Machine Learning Book breaks down the science behind AI in a way anyone can dive into. This book takes you behind the scenes, showing how machines learn to recognize patterns, answer questions, and make recommendations – all without complicated math or jargon. Packed with real-world examples, it invites you to explore how machine learning powers the tech we use every day.

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Peng’s work at Twitter, Amazon, and FactSet has shaped the success of machine learning models used by millions. He is also author of the bestselling book, Inside the Machine Learning Interview: 151 Real Questions from FAANG and How to Answer Them.


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Peng Shao’s avatar Peng Shao

Peng Shao is an entrepreneur and engineer. He is a former Staff ML Engineer at Twitter. He was a founding team member of Amazon Alexa, where he oversaw the speech recognition services behind the Echo and Fire TV. He also spearheaded the ML and NLP development for FactSet Fundamentals, a leading fintech product, and co-founded Roxy, a venture-backed AI startup that was acquired in 2019.

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