Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks -- Clifford a. Pickover, Paperback

First released in 2019, Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History explores the historic origins and current applications of AI in such diverse fields as computing, medicine, popular culture, mythology, and philosophy. Through more than 100 entries, award-winning author Clifford A. Pickover, offers a granular, yet accessible, glimpse into the world of AI--from medieval robots and Boolean algebra to facial recognition, and artificial neural networks. The updated paperback edition brings readers up to speed with coverage of technologies such as DALL-E and ChatGPT, and it explores the very real fear that AI will alter the course of humanity--forever.

Author: Clifford a. Pickover
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Published: 08/27/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781454955788

About the Author
Clifford A. Pickover has published more than 50 books, translated into a dozen languages, on topics ranging from science and mathematics to religion, art, and history. He received his PhD degree from Yale University, has been granted more than 800 US patents, and has more than 180,000 X (formerly Twitter) followers. For many years, he was an IBM researcher and inventor and editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He is the author of many other books including Death and the Afterlife, The Physics Book, and The Math Book, which won the Neumann Prize.