About the Book: The Shortest History of AI
A FASCINATING DEMYSTIFICATION OF AI: WHAT IT IS, ISNT AND WHAT IT COULD BECOME
In The Shortest History of AI, Toby Walsh takes us through the journey behind
AIs 'overnight success to show how its recent skyrocketing popularity has been
decades in the making. AI has been a part of our lives for centuries from the
first mechanical computer in 1837 to todays chatbots, robots and self-driving
cars.
But how did machines meant to follow simple instructions, read and do math
become smart enough to write Shakespeare-style poetry, beat world champions at
chess, and offer viable solutions to