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Artificial intelligence : modern magic or dangerous future? / Yorick Wilks.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780262545457
  • 0262545454
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 006.3 23
LOC classification:
  • Q335 W688a 2023
Contents:
What is artificial intelligence? -- The place of logic in AI -- Our first encounters with AI: the World Wide Web -- What is an AI program like? -- Talking and understanding: AI speech and language -- Can AI really learn? -- Robots and computer vision -- Making things personal: artificial companions -- The companion as a way into the Web -- War, ethics, automation, and religion -- Shutting up shop.
Summary: "Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction, and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering our everyday lives, with virtual personal assistants such as Apple's Siri now ubiquitous and self-driving cars almost upon us. But what do we actually mean when we talk about artificial intelligence? In this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated account, AI expert Yorick Wilks traces the history of artificial intelligence back to its origins, examining not only how it works and why it was designed but also its controversies and achievements"--Page [4] of cover.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) Q335 W688a 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000190003

"The illustrated edition"--Cover.

Includes index.

What is artificial intelligence? -- The place of logic in AI -- Our first encounters with AI: the World Wide Web -- What is an AI program like? -- Talking and understanding: AI speech and language -- Can AI really learn? -- Robots and computer vision -- Making things personal: artificial companions -- The companion as a way into the Web -- War, ethics, automation, and religion -- Shutting up shop.

"Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction, and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering our everyday lives, with virtual personal assistants such as Apple's Siri now ubiquitous and self-driving cars almost upon us. But what do we actually mean when we talk about artificial intelligence? In this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated account, AI expert Yorick Wilks traces the history of artificial intelligence back to its origins, examining not only how it works and why it was designed but also its controversies and achievements"--Page [4] of cover.

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