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Title Machines that think : everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence / editor Douglas Heaven.

Publication Info. London [England] : John Murray Learning, 2017.
©2017
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (54 entries) : 20 images ; digital files.
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Series New scientist's instant expert
Instant expert (New Scientist (Firm))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Series introduction -- Contributors -- Academic contributors -- Introduction -- 1. In our image : the challenge of creating intelligent machines -- 2. Machines that learn : the mechanics of artificial minds -- 3. Anything you can do : how AI is outsmarting humans -- 4. Matters of life and death : driverless cars, AI doctors and killer robots -- 5. Into the unknown : how computers may overcome the limitations of the human mind -- 6. Machines that create : the AI world of art and storytelling -- 7. The real risks of AI : why fears of an apocalypse are overblown -- 8. Will machines inherit the Earth? : how superintelligent machines might revolutionize our world.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary Machines That Think explores how artificial intelligence helps us understand human intelligence and machines that compose music and write stories, and it asks if AI is really a threat.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Artificial intelligence -- Popular works.
Robotics -- Popular works.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Heaven, Douglas, editor.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence
Other Form: Print version: 1473629659 9781473629653 (DLC) 2017952615 xiv, 274 pages : illustrations
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