| Description |
xvi, 144 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Oneworld beginners' guides
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-138) and index. |
| Contents |
1 : What is AI? -- What AI is -- What AI is not -- AI methods and tools -- What is the ultimate goal of AI? -- The Turing test -- Is the Turing test the ultimate goal of AI? -- 2 : AI at work -- Some glittering successes -- Searching for solutions -- Computer champions -- The power of knowledge -- Is knowledge the key to intelligence? -- Diamonds in the data -- 3 : AI and biology -- Inspiration from brains -- What can artificial neural nets do? -- Unsupervised learning -- Are artificial neural nets the key to intelligence? -- Learning from evolution-genetic algorithms -- A (literary) example -- Why not just evolve intelligence? -- 4 : Some challenges -- Factionalism -- What does the robot need to know? -- Trapped in the Chinese room? -- What machines can't do -- Some promises -- 5 : AI diffuses -- The "yes,...but question" -- Cognitive science -- What about the Turing test? -- What about consciousness? -- What's intelligence then? -- 6 : Present and future trends -- The social effects of AI -- The social effects of AI technology -- Will robots rule the world? -- AI and art -- The future -- What's going on now? -- Integration -- Artificial agents -- Virtual girlfriends and artificial companions. |
| Subject |
Artificial intelligence.
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| Spine Title |
Beginner's guide, artificial intelligence |
| ISBN |
1851683224 (pbk.) |
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