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Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

A Guide for Thinking Humans

by Melanie Mitchell · 2019 · 336 pages

Eric Topol
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About This Book

An exploration of the history, mechanisms, and limitations of modern artificial intelligence. Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell explains how AI systems work while highlighting the vast gap between pattern recognition and genuine human-level understanding and common sense.

Book Details

Published

2019

Pages

336

Language

en

ISBN

9780374257835

Awards & Recognition

Guardian Science Book of the Year (2020)Shortlisted for the Cosmos Prize for Scientific Writing (2023)

Audiobook Available

9h 33m
Narrated by Tony Wolf, Abby Craden, and Melanie Mitchell

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