Six ideas to understand artificial intelligence today
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 AItraces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace`s visionary work to IBM`s groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT. It also explores AI`s cultural journey, touching on classics such asFrankenstein,A Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxyand2001- A Space Odyssey.
Revealing how many `overnight` successes were decades in the making, this accessible and illuminating book simplifies AI into six key ideas, equipping readers to understand where we`ve been - and where we`re headed.