30-Second AI & Robotics
50 key notions, fields, and events in the rise of intelligent machines, each explained in half a minute
Published on 14. March 2019
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-78240-547-4 (ISBN)
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This comprehensive presentation of the core concepts and historical landmarks in robotics and artificial intelligence is a must-read for those who want to understand the important changes happening now in our everyday lives, in the workplace, and in our minds and bodies. What is deep in "deep learning"? Can artificial intelligence really think? What will robots really look like in the near future? Is there a new class divide between those who understand technology and those who fear it? A clear and exhaustive introduction for non-specialists, 30-Second AI & Robotics will help the reader to navigate the world of ubiquitous computers, smart cities, and collaborative robots. At last, an optimistic and friendly book about our human possibilities in the time of automata.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Illustrations
60
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 180 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78240-547-4 (9781782405474)
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Luis De Miranda
30-Second AI & Robotics
50 key notions, fields, and events in the rise of intelligent machines, each explained in half a minute
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03/2019
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Luis de Miranda,PhD (University of Edinburgh), is a philosopher and historian of ideas who has carried out research into anthrobotics, digital cultures and how technology is enmeshed with our everyday life. He is the author of several fiction as well as non-fiction books, for example L'Art d'etre libres au temps des automates ('The Art of Freedom in the Time of Automata'). He works on AI and digital humanities at OErebro University, Sweden.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Fictional & Historical Robots
Glossary
1. The Golem & Magic
2. Jacquet Droz & Eighteenth-Century Automatons
3. Karel Kapec's First 'Robots'
4. Metropolis & the Gynoid Maria
PROFILE: ISAAC ASIMOV
5. Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. Grey Walter's Turtles
7. Terminator & Skynet
Chapter 2: Artificial Intelligence & Computers
Glossary
8. The Turing Test
9. Famous Intelligent Computers
PROFILE: ALAN TURING
10. Machine Learning (Neural Networks)
11. Video Games & AI
12. Language Recognition & Translation
13. Embodied AI & Cognition
14. Art & AI
15. Can Machines Think?
Chapter 3: Industrial, Corporate & Institutional AI & Robotics
Glossary
16. Unimate, the First Industrial Robot
17. Expert & Security Systems
18. AI in Banking & Finance
19. Medical AI & Robot-assisted Surgery
PROFILE: RODNEY BROOKS
20. Military AI & Robotics
21. Aerial Robotics
22. Space Exploration Robots & AI
23. AI in the Entertainment Business
Chapter 4: Social Robotics
Glossary
24. Human-robot Interaction
25. Home Robots & Smart Homes
26. Autonomous Cars
27. Robots for the Elderly & People with Special Needs
28. Smart Assistants & 'Literate' Machines
PROFILE: TAMAGOTCHI
29. Humanoid Robots
30. Chat Bots
31. AI in Education
32. Can Machines Have Common Sense, Cultural Awareness & Morality?
Chapter 5: Cyborgs & Augmented Humans
Glossary
33. Human Enhancement
34. Bionic Prosthesis & Exoskeletons
35. Intelligence Amplification
36. Genetic Engineering & Biorobotics
PROFILE: ELON MUSK
37. Virtual Reality
38. Mind Uploading
39. Transhumanism & the Singularity
Chapter 6: Collective Robotics & AI
Glossary
40. Multi-Robot Systems
41. Collective AI & Cloud Robotics
42. Robots & AI Competitions
PROFILE: GEOFFREY HINTON
43. Nanobots
44. The Internet of Things
45. Evolutionary & Biometric AI & Robotics
46. Is the Internet a Hive Mind?
Chapter 7: We, Anthrobot
Glossary
47. Industry 4.0
48. The Three Laws of Robotics
49. Extended Minds
PROFILE: HUBERT DREYFUS
50. The Merging of Robots, AI & Humans?
Appendices
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Index & Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Fictional & Historical Robots
Glossary
1. The Golem & Magic
2. Jacquet Droz & Eighteenth-Century Automatons
3. Karel Kapec's First 'Robots'
4. Metropolis & the Gynoid Maria
PROFILE: ISAAC ASIMOV
5. Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. Grey Walter's Turtles
7. Terminator & Skynet
Chapter 2: Artificial Intelligence & Computers
Glossary
8. The Turing Test
9. Famous Intelligent Computers
PROFILE: ALAN TURING
10. Machine Learning (Neural Networks)
11. Video Games & AI
12. Language Recognition & Translation
13. Embodied AI & Cognition
14. Art & AI
15. Can Machines Think?
Chapter 3: Industrial, Corporate & Institutional AI & Robotics
Glossary
16. Unimate, the First Industrial Robot
17. Expert & Security Systems
18. AI in Banking & Finance
19. Medical AI & Robot-assisted Surgery
PROFILE: RODNEY BROOKS
20. Military AI & Robotics
21. Aerial Robotics
22. Space Exploration Robots & AI
23. AI in the Entertainment Business
Chapter 4: Social Robotics
Glossary
24. Human-robot Interaction
25. Home Robots & Smart Homes
26. Autonomous Cars
27. Robots for the Elderly & People with Special Needs
28. Smart Assistants & 'Literate' Machines
PROFILE: TAMAGOTCHI
29. Humanoid Robots
30. Chat Bots
31. AI in Education
32. Can Machines Have Common Sense, Cultural Awareness & Morality?
Chapter 5: Cyborgs & Augmented Humans
Glossary
33. Human Enhancement
34. Bionic Prosthesis & Exoskeletons
35. Intelligence Amplification
36. Genetic Engineering & Biorobotics
PROFILE: ELON MUSK
37. Virtual Reality
38. Mind Uploading
39. Transhumanism & the Singularity
Chapter 6: Collective Robotics & AI
Glossary
40. Multi-Robot Systems
41. Collective AI & Cloud Robotics
42. Robots & AI Competitions
PROFILE: GEOFFREY HINTON
43. Nanobots
44. The Internet of Things
45. Evolutionary & Biometric AI & Robotics
46. Is the Internet a Hive Mind?
Chapter 7: We, Anthrobot
Glossary
47. Industry 4.0
48. The Three Laws of Robotics
49. Extended Minds
PROFILE: HUBERT DREYFUS
50. The Merging of Robots, AI & Humans?
Appendices
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Index & Acknowledgements