Over the past few weeks, Mike Shatzkin, Neil Balthaser and Ali Albazaz have debated
whether machine learning systems will be able to predict a bestseller (Mike's initial blog post is «Full text examination by computer is very unlikely to predict bestsellers»; Neil's response is «Yes, Machine Learning Can Help Predict a Bestseller»; and Ali's article is «Artificial intelligence and the art of reader - driven publishing.»)