Why Machines Learn

Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning science writer and a former staff writer and deputy news editor for New Scientist . He is the author of several popular science books, including The Man Who Wasn't There , which was longlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He was a 2019-20 MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and the recipient of the Distinguished Alum Award, the highest award given by IIT Madras to its graduates, for his contributions to science writing.