Artificial Intelligence
A Beginner's Guide
Published on 3. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-85168-322-2 (ISBN)
Description
This engaging and accessible guide adopts a jargon-free approach to outline the history, development and the many different applications of Artifical Intelligence. Featuring examples from chess-playing computers to tiny robotic insects, it also discusses the social and ethical implications of AI and addresses the key controversies and debates in an unsensational manner.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
illus
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85168-322-2 (9781851683222)
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08/2008
Oneworld Publications
€32.37
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Person
Author Blay Whitby is a Lecturer on Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sussex, UK. He has taught AI for nearly two decades, and his research focuses on the social and ethical implications of new technology. He is the author of two books and numerous papers, and is editor of Britain's foremost AI journal, AISB, and a regular commentator on this subject for CNN and other media.
Content
Chapter 1: What is AI?
Chapter 2: AI in Industry
Chapter 3: Robots and Artificial Life
Chapter 4: AI and Psychology
Chapter 5: AI and Philosophy
Chapter 2: AI in Industry
Chapter 3: Robots and Artificial Life
Chapter 4: AI and Psychology
Chapter 5: AI and Philosophy