The Machine is Learning by Tanuj Solanki
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In a highly capitalized world where the sole aim of a company is to increase profit margins at any rate, it isn't a surprise that Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning systems are employed/ are beginning to be employed to replace humans.

In this novel, the protagonist finds himself in a situation where he is leading a team to develop a ML system for the company he is employed with. This also involves inerviewing the very people the system is going to make redundant. Saransh, the protagonist, comes from a small town middle class background. He is aspiring as well as conflicted. Does this make any difference to what he is doing/ about to do in the project?

While reading the book, I realised that it touched upon many issues pertinent to present times. I reviewed the book for the magazine Kitaab here:

https://kitaab.org/2020/07/29/the-mac...


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