Shortest History of AI

The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It

AvToby Walsh

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Since Alan Turing first posed the question “Can machines think?” artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace’s visionary work to IBM’s groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT.Revealing how many “overnight” successes were decades in the making, this accessible and illuminating book tells AI’s history through the six main ways it functions:It uses symbols to represent common concepts and ideas.It chooses its best possible move based on the information it is given.It simulates human expertise by following simple rules.It learns based on its past experiences.It assesses its mistakes and learns to avoid making them again in the future.It computes probability based on the evidence it’s provided with.Fast-paced and rich with facts, The Shortest History of AI explores how artificial intelligence is being created—and how it will continue to transform and affect our lives now and in the future.The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-11-04
Mått:190 x 30 x 120 mm
Vikt:660 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Shortest History Series
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:The Experiment LLC
ISBN:9798893030891

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Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at its new AI institute, UNSW.ai. Walsh has been profiled by The New York Times and is the author of four previous books about AI for general readers, including Machines Behaving Badly and Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World. The winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Humboldt Prize and the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science, his X (formerly Twitter) account was voted in the top ten to follow to keep abreast of developments in AI.

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"Recommended by the Next Big Book Club"This enjoyable, wide-ranging, and compact survey explains where we began and where we now find ourselves. An entertaining and concise tour."

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Introduction: How it beginsPART 1: THE SYMBOLIC ERAIdea #1: Searching for answersIdea #2: Making the best moveIdea #3: Following rulesINTERMISSIONThe Robots are comingPART 2: THE LEARNING ERAIdea #4: Artificial brainsIdea #5: Rewarding successIdea #6: Reasoning about beliefsPART 3: THE FUTUREAchieving AIImage CreditsThanksEndnotesIndex