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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field within computer science that is attempting to build enhanced intelligence into computer systems. This book traces the history of the subject, from the early dreams of eighteenth-century (and earlier) pioneers to the more successful work of today's AI engineers. AI is becoming more and more a part of everyone's life. The technology is already embedded in face-recognizing cameras, speech-recognition software, Internet search engines, and health-care robots, among other applications. The book's many diagrams and easy-to-understand descriptions of AI programs will help the casual reader gain an understanding of how these and other AI systems actually work. Its thorough (but unobtrusive) end-of-chapter notes containing citations to important source materials will be of great use to AI scholars and researchers. This book promises to be the definitive history of a field that has captivated the imaginations of scientists, philosophers, and writers for centuries.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521122931
eBay Product ID (ePID)92056893
Product Key Features
Number of Pages580 Pages
Publication NameThe Quest for Artificial Intelligence
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComputer Science, Science
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorNils J. Nilsson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight790 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorNils J. Nilsson