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‘A book that’s both educational and enjoyable. Deposit it in school libraries—and on the reading piles of politicians, journalists and, indeed, anyone who hopes to understand the revolution’ Prospect Magazine
Since Alan Turing asked ‘Can machines think?’ artificial intelligence has grown from a pipe dream into a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this journey, from Ada Lovelace’s visionary work to Deep Blue’s shocking defeat of chess world champion Garry Kasparov and the recent barnstorming emergence of ChatGPT.
This expert, illuminating book distils AI into six key ideas, equipping readers to understand where we’ve been – and where we may be headed.
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‘A book that’s both educational and enjoyable. Deposit it in school libraries—and on the reading piles of politicians, journalists and, indeed, anyone who hopes to understand the revolution’ Prospect Magazine
Since Alan Turing asked ‘Can machines think?’ artificial intelligence has grown from a pipe dream into a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this journey, from Ada Lovelace’s visionary work to Deep Blue’s shocking defeat of chess world champion Garry Kasparov and the recent barnstorming emergence of ChatGPT.
This expert, illuminating book distils AI into six key ideas, equipping readers to understand where we’ve been – and where we may be headed.
