Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks (Union Square & Co. Illustrated Histories)

A History of the Future that’s Happening Right Now

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. First released in 2019, this 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. 

From the Publisher

New and Improved!

The growth of artificial intelligence has exponentially grown over the last few years, and this 2024 edition brings readers up to speed.

AI Through Time

Each chapter is formatted chronologically and takes readers across a timeline that spans from 1300 BCE through 2023.

History Made Accessible

Award-winning author Clifford A. Pickover provides readers with a glimpse into the world of AI that is highly detailed but easy to understand.

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 from Yale University, has been granted more than 800 US patents, and has more than 180,000 followers on X (formerly Twitter). For many years, he was an IBM researcher and inventor and the 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.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DD3BJCCT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Union Square & Co. (August 27, 2024)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 27, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 105416 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 233 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1454955783