Artificial Intelligence, Clifford A. Pickover
Artificial Intelligence, Clifford A. Pickover
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Artificial Intelligence
From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks

Author: Clifford A. Pickover

Narrator: Steve Menasche

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/08/2019

Synopsis

A journey through the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, from popular science author Cliff Pickover.

From medieval robots and Boolean algebra to facial recognition, artificial neural networks, and adversarial patches, this fascinating history takes readers on a vast tour through the world of artificial intelligence. Award-winning author Clifford A. Pickover explores the historic and current applications of AI in such diverse fields as computing, medicine, popular culture, mythology, and philosophy, and considers the enduring threat to humanity should AI grow out of control. Pickover provides an entertaining and informative look into when artificial intelligence began, how it developed, where it's going, and what it means for the future of human-machine interaction.

About Clifford A. Pickover

Clifford A. Pickover has published more than fifty books, translated into a dozen languages, on topics ranging from science and mathematics to religion, art, and history. He received his PhD from Yale University and has been granted more than 400 US patents. Pickover has nearly 32,000 Twitter followers and three million tweet-views a month. His book The Math Book won the Neumann Prize, awarded every two years for the best book on the history of mathematics aimed at a broad audience. His other books include The Physics Book and Death and the Afterlife.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph

The author seems cautious but fair when addressing topics, even if the treatments are brief. Some technophiles will find anything other than open-armed welcome of every A.I. development to be the mark of a technophobe. Pickover is cautious, yes, but also delightfully curious about artificial intelli......more

Goodreads review by Connor

A solid overview of the history of A.I. and the inventions and ideas leading up to it. It's a great read for people curious about the subject as it touches on nearly all of the popular subcategories of AI. The book gives one page to each historical event and due to that brevity there are many ideas......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Best part of the book is the short bibliography on each page pertaining to the item of AI presented which is in chronological order. The short illustrated format makes for a quick read encompassing the historical development of AI. A good launching point for delving into any particular aspect of the......more

Goodreads review by Elijah

My obsession with the Science Fiction genre amuses me when compared to science fact. Every time I opened this book and started reading I was floored… I was struck into a fit of contemplation about life, the past, the future, and abstract possibilities for humanity. Sometimes, it would take a decent......more

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