Artificial Intelligence (21st Century Debates)

Artificial Intelligence (21st Century Debates)

by Alex Woolf (Author)

Synopsis

From diagnosing diseases to navigating spacecraft, from challenging us in video games to selling us products on the Internet, artificial intelligence (AI) now affects every aspect of our lives. Over the last fifty years, researchers have created AI systems that are startlingly close to human intelligence in their capabilities, and progress continues to accelerate. This wide-ranging book looks at the origins and applications of AI - in robotics, science, industry, war and entertainment - and explores the exciting implications, and underlying risks, of future AI developments. It includes fact boxes, 'debate' suggestions to stimulate discussion and 'viewpoints' to show people's conflicting views on the subject.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 12 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0750239530
ISBN 13: 9780750239530
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Author Bio
The author Alex Woolf is an experienced writer and editor of children's information books, specializing in history and science at secondary level. The consultant, Professor Igor Aleksander, has researched artificial intelligence since 1965. His recent work at Imperial College, London, has been on artificial visual awareness and models of the brain. He has written over 200 papers in these fields and twelve books, including How to Build a Mind (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000). He was awarded the Institution of Electrical Engineering's Year 2000 Outstanding Achievement Medal for contributions to informatics.