Gloucester Township Campus IMC/Library: AI

Explores the many competitions that have pitted artificial intelligence against human intelligence, including in Go, chess, and Jeopardy! Clear text, vibrant photos, and helpful infographics make this book an accessible and engaging read.

Describes the development and potential impacts of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, smartphones, brain-computer interface systems, quantum computers, cryptocurrency, and the internet.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term used for computers that can think for themselves, communicate, and act in some of the same ways as human beings. Today computers have become smarter than ever before, with AI machines capable of diagnosing medical conditions, driving cars, and detect fraud and criminal activity. However, despite these and other positive uses for AI, not everyone is excited about the potential benefits of this technology. Some people fear that continued development of artificial intelligence will result in a dystopian society ruled by machines. Others believe that AI can liberate people from repetitive, menial tasks and improve the quality of human life. This book will examine developments in AI research, and explore some of the questions that improvements in artificial intelligence technology raise.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks and Chinese, humans have dreamed of machines that could imitate intelligent human behavior. No longer relegated to the realm of science fiction, this dream of artificial intelligence (AI) is a growing reality in our world through software avatars, factory assembly lines, and even in voice and facial recognition systems. Artificial Intelligence looks at the history of the human development of another form of intelligence on Earth, at some of the problems that face AI researchers, and at some of the ethical issues facing AI advancements.