Artificial Intelligence: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) - Softcover

Whitby, Blay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851683224 ISBN 13: 9781851683222

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2003

Synopsis

This engaging and accessible guide adopts a jargon-free approach to outline the history, development and the many different applications of Artifical Intelligence. Featuring examples from chess-playing computers to tiny robotic insects, it also discusses the social and ethical implications of AI and addresses the key controversies and debates in an unsensational manner.

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About the Author

Author Blay Whitby is a Lecturer on Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sussex, UK. He has taught AI for nearly two decades, and his research focuses on the social and ethical implications of new technology. He is the author of two books and numerous papers, and is editor of Britain's foremost AI journal, AISB, and a regular commentator on this subject for CNN and other media.

From the Back Cover

Artificial intelligence evokes startling visions of a robot-driven future, providing inspiration for writers, directors and artists from Frank L. Baum to Arthur C. Clarke. But what is Artificial Intelligence, and what can it really do?

This incisive new introduction to today’s hottest topic debunks the myths surrounding AI to reveal the true potential – and very real limitations – of this futuristic science. Author Blay Whitby steers a steady course through the technical minefield, carefully explaining

• What is ‘intelligence’? Neurology, the brain and computers
• From date-mining to fraud detection: AI and business
• How should we use AI? Philosophy and ethics

Tomorrow begins right here as, embarking on an enthralling journey into not only the computer world, but also the inner recesses of the human mind, readers encounter everything from insect-like robots to champion chess computers, in addition to discovering the controversies that dog the field of AI.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851683224
• ISBN 13: 9781851683222
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176