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A brief history of artificial intelligence : what it is, where we are, and where we are going / Michael Wooldridge.

by Wooldridge, Michael J., 1966-

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Flatiron Books, 2020.

Artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence -- History.

9781250770745 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Artificial intelligence : what it is, where we are, and where we are going

vii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2020 as: The Road to Conscious Machines by Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books UK."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The ultimate dream of artificial intelligence is to build machines that are like us: conscious and self-aware. While this remains a remote possibility, rapid progress on AI in this century is already profoundly changing our world. Yet the public debate and media hype is still largely centered on unlikely prospects ranging from sentient machines to dystopian robot takeovers. In this lively and clearheaded guide, Professor Michael Wooldridge brings a healthy injection of humility to an overhyped field and changes the prevailing narrative on AI, revealing how these anxieties distact us from the more immediate risks that this transformative technology poses, from algorithmic bias to fake news. He also shows us how these anxieites overlook the true life-changing potential of the field he loves. 'A brief history of artificial intelligence' gives us the real story of AI, through all its booms and many busts, elucidating the discoveries of its greatest pioneers, from Alan Turing to Demis Hassabis, and showing us what today's AI researchers actually think and do. As this deft and detailed survey reveals, AI appeals to fundamental questions about what it means to be human; so, too, do the failures and limitations of its past."--Jacket.

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