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What is artificial intelligence? How does it work? Who is behind it? What can we expect from it in the future? Good questions, and we have the answers!Artificial intelligence is popping up everywhere: in Google searches, calls to customer service, and in healthcare, education, and personal assistants—to name just five. It’s rapidly changing businesses and our lives. Covering the basics, its history, and the science behind it,
The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book is the perfect starting point to understanding the emerging AI revolution, what is currently possible, what might be possible in the future—and what’s just hype. Tackling what has been, what is, and what will be—and the “what ifs”—of AI, this informative book answers more than 1,400 questions, such as …
What does the term "artificial intelligence" actually mean?
What real-world AI tools do people use daily, like Alexa, Netflix, and facial recognition?
How do AI algorithms adapt to changes in search trends and user behavior?
What is AI-based image stabilization in smartphones and cameras?
How does AI assist in surgical procedures and robotic surgery?
How does the use of AI in surveillance affect human rights?
What industries are most vulnerable to automation and AI-driven job loss?
How can AI recognize human emotions and adapt its responses accordingly?
What can we learn from other technologies as we consider how AI will shape our world?
And hundreds more!
Informative, provocative, and intriguing, The Handy Artificial Intelligence Answer Book looks at this emerging technology and what the past might tell us about the future. Ponder the potentials—and the perils—with this enlightening examination of AI!
Sommario
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. The Basics
2. AI Capabilities
3. AI in the Sciences
4. AI in Government, Law, and the Military
5. AI in Business
6. AI in Arts and the Media
7. AI in Our Personal Lives
8. Ethics and the Future of AI
9. Getting Started with Using AI
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
Info autore
A.G.G. Liu is a writer and online educator based in New Jersey. Liu has reached millions of online learners on YouTube—both as the lead script writer for the AI and futurism channel
Rational Animations, and through their own educational channel,
Signore Galilei, which was started during college at Harvard. Liu co-authored the book
30-Second Space Travel with Dr. Charles Liu and Dr. Karen Masters and co-hosts the podcast
The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu. Residing in Bloomfield, New Jersey, A.G.G. also enjoys singing, amateur radio, and strategy games.
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Will computers come to dominate man? Have films, books, and television foreshadowed the future of artificial intelligence? Will robots enhance or destroy our future? Will AI forever change us? You’ll learn about the history and the pop-culture view of technology—as well as possible futures—in this one-of-a-kind book!
Is technology running amok or is it serving as a helping hand? Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and the Future of Humanity puts a pop-culture and historic spin on some serious questions about mankind’s future. An exhilarating and troubling read, it looks at whether robots are a menace or a boon to humanity. Its investigations include …
The history of robots constructed hundreds of years ago
How movies informed the classic image of the robot—and what they got right and wrong
Clones, modified humans, cyborgs, designer babies, and half-human robots
The sentient internet
The advancements in robotics starting in the 1960s
Science fiction and science fact—and how science fiction foreshadowed the future
Robots replacing people in the workplace
The prospect of uploading our minds into computers to ensure immortality
Robots becoming indistinguishable from humans
Whether robots will rise up and cause humans to become extinct
And much, much more.
Exciting and worrisome, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and the Future of Humanity
looks at what the past tells us about the future. With more than 120 photos and graphics, this tome is nicely illustrated. It also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. Ponder the possibilities with this examination of robots of the past, present, and future!
