Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History
From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks
Reeks: Union Square & Co. Illustrated Histories
Clifford A. Pickover
- A
- History
- of
- the
- Future
- that's
- Happening
- Right
- NowArtificial
- Intelligence:
- An
- Illustrated
- History
- explores
- the
- historic
- origins
- and
- current
- applications
- of
- AI
- in
- such
- diverse
- fields
- as
- computing,
- medicine,
- popular
- culture,
- mythology,
- and
- philosophy.
- Through
- more
- than
- 100
- entries,
- award-winning
- author
- Clifford
- A.
- Pickover,
- offers
- a
- granular,
- yet
- accessible,
- glimpse
- into
- the
- world
- of
- AI—from
- medieval
- robots
- and
- Boolean
- algebra
- to
- facial
- recognition,
- and
- artificial
- neural
- networks.
- First
- released
- in
- 2019,
- this
- updated
- paperback
- edition
- brings
- readers
- up
- to
- speed
- with
- coverage
- of
- technologies
- such
- as
- DALL-E
- and
- ChatGPT,
- and
- it
- explores
- the
- very
- real
- fear
- that
- AI
- will
- alter
- the
- course
- of humanity—forever.
