Michael Wooldridge
The Road to Conscious Machines : The Story of AI Paperback Book
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A terrific book essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing InstituteIn this mythbusting guide to AI past and present, one of the worlds leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced.The ultimate dream of AI is to build machines that are like us conscious and selfaware. While this remains a remote possibility, rapid progress in AI is already transforming our world. Yet the public debate is still largely centred on unlikely prospects, from sentient machines to dystopian robot takeovers.In this lively and clearheaded guide, Michael Wooldridge challenges the prevailing narrative, revealing how the hype distracts us from both the more immediate risks that this technology poses from algorithmic bias to fake news and the true lifechanging potential of the field. The Road to Conscious Machines elucidates the discoveries of AIs greatest pioneers from Alan Turing to Demis Hassabis, and what todays researchers actually think and do.Nobody understands the past, the present, the promise and the peril of this new technology better than Michael Wooldridge. The definitive account Matt Ridley, author of The Rational OptimistEffortlessly readable. The perfect guide to the history and future of AI Tom Chivers, author of The AI Does Not Hate You
Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: JFFR; Weight: 364 g; Dimensions: 110 x 179 x 33
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A terrific book essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing InstituteIn this mythbusting guide to AI past and present, one of the worlds leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced.The ultimate dream of AI is to build machines that are like us conscious and selfaware. While this remains a remote possibility, rapid progress in AI is already transforming our world. Yet the public debate is still largely centred on unlikely prospects, from sentient machines to dystopian robot takeovers.In this lively and clearheaded guide, Michael Wooldridge challenges the prevailing narrative, revealing how the hype distracts us from both the more immediate risks that this technology poses from algorithmic bias to fake news and the true lifechanging potential of the field. The Road to Conscious Machines elucidates the discoveries of AIs greatest pioneers from Alan Turing to Demis Hassabis, and what todays researchers actually think and do.Nobody understands the past, the present, the promise and the peril of this new technology better than Michael Wooldridge. The definitive account Matt Ridley, author of The Rational OptimistEffortlessly readable. The perfect guide to the history and future of AI Tom Chivers, author of The AI Does Not Hate You
Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: JFFR; Weight: 364 g; Dimensions: 110 x 179 x 33
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Michael Wooldridge
The Road to Conscious Machines : The Story of AI Paperback Book
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