Understanding artificial intelligence / Nicolas Sabouret ; illustrations by Lizete De Assis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabouret, Nicolas, author.

Contributor:

Assis, Lizete De, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) fascinates, challenges and disturbs us. There are many voices in society that predict drastic changes that may come as a consequence of AI - a possible apocalypse or Eden on earth. However, only a few people truly understand whatAI is, what it can do and what its limitations are. Understanding Artificial Intelligence explains, through a straightforward narrative and amusing illustrations, how AI works. It is written for a non-specialist reader, adult or adolescent, who is interested in AI but is missing the key to understanding how it works. The author demystifies the creation of the so-called "intelligent" machine and explains the different methods that are used in AI. It presents new possibilities offered by algorithms and the difficulties that researchers, engineers and users face when building and using such algorithms. Each chapter allows the reader to discover a new aspect of AI and to become fully aware of the possibilities offered by this rich field.

Contents:

What is artificial intelligence? Understanding what a computer, an algorithm, a program, and, in particular, an artificial intelligence program are

Turing test: understanding that it is difficult to measure the intelligence of computers

Why is it so difficult? Understanding there are limitations to what a machine can calculate

Lost in the woods: understanding a first principles of AI method - exploration

Winning at chess: understanding how to build heuristics

Journey continues: understanding that one graph can conceal another

Darwin 2.0: understanding how to explore space as a group

Small but strong: understanding how ants find their way

Bit of tidying up: understanding how a machine learns to classify

Taking an AI by the hand: understanding that a good example is often better than a long explanation

Learning to count: understanding what statistical learning is

Learning to read: understanding what a neural network is

Learning as you draw: understanding what deep learning is

Winning at go: understanding what reinforcement learning is

Strong AI: understanding AI's limitations

Is there cause for concern? Understanding AI can be misused

To infinity and beyond!: understanding that AI has good days ahead.

Notes:

"A Chapman & Hall book.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-308062-6

1-000-28425-5

1-003-08062-6

1-000-28415-8

9781003080626

OCLC:

1223026498