Artificial intelligence : an introduction for the inquisitive reader /

Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction for the Inquisitive Reader guides readers through the history and development of AI, from its early mathematical beginnings through to the exciting possibilities of its potential future applications. To make this journey as accessible as possible, the authors...

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Main Authors: Chen, Robert H., 1947- (Author), Chen, Chelsea C. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • PART I: The Arrival of AI in the Human World. 1. Game-Playing. 2. Working Machines. 3. Intelligence. 4. The AI Singularity. PART II: The Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure. 5. Hardware. 6. Software. 7. Computer Communications. 8. Open Source Software. PART III: From Top to Bottom. 9. Top-Down Artificial Intelligence. 10. Bottom-Up Artificial Intelligence. 11. Machine Learning Modeling. 12. Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation. PART IV: Structure and Operation. 13. Artificial Neural Networks. 14. Pattern Recognition. 15. Parameterization. 16. Gradient Descent. 17. Backpropagation. 18. Convolutional Neural Networks. PART V: Progression. 19. The Cross-Entropy Cost Function. 20. Hyperparameterization. 21. Big Data. 22. Massively Parallel Processing. PART VI: Powers of Prediction. 23. Predictive Analytics. 24. Restricted Boltzmann Machine. 25. Latent Factors in Collaborative Filtering. 26. Support Vector Machines. 27. Reinforcement Learning. 28. AlphaGo and AlphaStar. 29. Game Theory. PART VII: Natural Language Processing. 30. Top-Down Speech Recognition. 31. Bottom-Up Speech Recognition. 32. Speech Synthesis. PART VIII: The Robotworld. 33. Robots at Work. 34. The Robot Millennial. 35. The Robot Future