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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics:

Ten Short Lessons
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In Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Ten Short Lessons, leading expert Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers into ten pivotal lessons, presenting the reader with the essential information they need to get to understand our most powerful technology and its remarkable implications for our species.

From the origins and motivation behind the birth of AI and robotics to using smart algorithms that allow us to build good robots, from the technologies that enable computers to understand a huge range of sensory information, including language and communication, to the challenges of emotional intelligence, unpredictable environments, and imagination in artificial intelligence, this is a cutting-edge, expert-led guide for curious minds. Packed full of easy-to-understand diagrams, pictures, and fact boxes, these ten lessons cover all the basics, as well as the latest understanding and developments, to enlighten the nonscientist.

About the series: The Pocket Einstein series is a collection of essential pocket-sized guides for anyone looking to understand a little more about some of the most important and fascinating areas of science in the twenty-first century. Broken down into ten simple lessons and written by leading experts in their field, the books reveal the ten most important takeaways from those areas of science you've always wanted to know more about.

1. Lesson 1: A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single StepAncient robotsThe birth of AI and roboticsThe rise and fall of AIThe rebirth2. Lesson 2: Choose the Right PathSymbolic AIChinese roomSearching logicStoring knowledge3. Lesson 3: We All Fall DownElephants don't play chessWell-behaved robotsSelf-driving vehiclesRobots in our society4. Lesson 4: Find the Right AnswerEvolving artificial lifeNaturally finding solutionsEvolving robotsComputers designing themselves5. Lesson 5: Understand Your WorldSensingLearning to seeBrainy computersRacist computers?6. Lesson 6: Change For the BetterTeaching yourself to learnLearning categoriesPolicymakersChanging ideas7. Lesson 7: Communication is KeyRules of languageCorpus linguisticsIt's good to talkIt's hard to talk8. Lesson 8: Re-imagine RealityDigital investigationsCellular automataDigital agentsVirtual futures9. Lesson 9: Feel BetterEmotional intelligenceSocial robotsEmotional robotsCaring AI10. Lesson 10: Know YourselfArtificial general intelligenceSimulating brainsTo infinity and beyond!AI futures

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