It's Alive!

Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots

Toby Walsh

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Black Inc
31 July 2017

Cultural studies; Artificial intelligence

There are few other human inventions that are likely to have as large an impact on our lives as machines that can think... The steam engine liberated our muscles. The computer is set to liberate our minds.

The development of thinking machines is an adventure as bold and ambitious as any that humans have attempted. And the truth is that Artificial Intelligence is already an indispensable part of our daily lives. Without it, Google wouldn't find out whatever you need to know. Your smartphone would be... just a phone. In countless ways AI has made the world what it is today.

But where will AI technologies take us in the future? We know they will continue to change society, but how? Will AI destroy our jobs? Could it even pose an existential threat? What should we be doing now to prepare for the future?

In this new book, Toby Walsh provides a fascinating survey of Artificial Intelligence for the general reader- where it came from, the state of the art today, and where it will take us tomorrow. His ten predictions of what AI will have achieved by 2050 will surprise you! Walsh discusses how AI will transform our societies, our economies and even ourselves, and what we can do about this.

By: Toby Walsh
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 503g
ISBN: 9781863959438
ISBN 10: 1863959432
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 31 July 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Reviews for It's Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots

'A whirlwind tour through the history and the future of AI - and why it matters to all of us. A must-read.' Sebastian Thrun, Stanford/Google/Udacity 'Toby Walsh's story of how Artificial Intelligence evolved from the dreams of Alan Turing to a powerful technological force today is exciting, insightful and incisive. Will his predictions about how AI will change life as we know it in the coming decades prove equally dead-on? I, for one, would not bet against him!' Henry Kautz, Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Founding Director of the Institute for Data Science, and Professor at the University of Rochester 'A comprehensive overview that avoids the hype and explains what AI can actually do, written by an expert practitioner of the field.' Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, and co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach 'You've heard the hype, now read about the reality from one of the leading researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In his elegant prose, Prof. Toby Walsh describes the past, present, and future of AI - culminating in ten tantalizing predictions for the impact of AI on medicine, transportation, entertainment, and more by 2050.' Oren Etzioni, CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence