These Strange New Minds How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means

To answer these questions, neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield charts the evolution of AI, from its earliest origins in the seventeenth century to today''s Large Language Models, new tools that put the knowledge of all the world''s experts at your fingertips. The resulting book is the most accessible, up-to-date and authoritative exploration of this radical new technology. Ultimately, armed with an understanding of AI''s mysterious inner workings, we can begin to grapple with the existential question of our age: have we written ourselves out of history or is a technological utopia ahead?<>

Info autore

Christopher Summerfield has one foot in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience – studying the brains of humans as Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford – and the other in AI research, helping build intelligent systems as a Staff Research Scientist at the pioneering Google DeepMind. He has won several awards, including the prestigious Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award in 2015, and is regularly invited to give keynote talks across the world. Christopher has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and book chapters and his academic book, Natural General Intelligence: How understanding the brain can help us build AI, was widely acclaimed. This is his first book for a general readership.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christopher Summerfield
• Editore: Viking
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 05.09.2024
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780241694657
• ISBN: 978-0-241-69465-7
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16.2 x 24.1 x 3.3 cm
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