Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at its new AI institute, UNSW.ai. Walsh has been profiled by The New York Times and is the author of four previous books about AI for general readers, including Machines Behaving Badly and Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World. The winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Humboldt Prize and the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science, his X (formerly Twitter) account was voted in the top ten to follow to keep abreast of developments in AI.

• Introduction: How it beginsPART 1: THE SYMBOLIC ERAIdea #1: Searching for answersIdea #2: Making the best moveIdea #3: Following rulesINTERMISSIONThe Robots are comingPART 2: THE LEARNING ERAIdea #4: Artificial brainsIdea #5: Rewarding successIdea #6: Reasoning about beliefsPART 3: THE FUTUREAchieving AIImage CreditsThanksEndnotesIndex

"Recommended by the Next Big Book Club"This enjoyable, wide-ranging, and compact survey explains where we began and where we now find ourselves. An entertaining and concise tour."

Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at its new AI institute, UNSW.ai. Walsh has been profiled by The New York Times and is the author of four previous books about AI for general readers, including Machines Behaving Badly and Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World. The winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Humboldt Prize and the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science, his X (formerly Twitter) account was voted in the top ten to follow to keep abreast of developments in AI.

• Introduction: How it beginsPART 1: THE SYMBOLIC ERAIdea #1: Searching for answersIdea #2: Making the best moveIdea #3: Following rulesINTERMISSIONThe Robots are comingPART 2: THE LEARNING ERAIdea #4: Artificial brainsIdea #5: Rewarding successIdea #6: Reasoning about beliefsPART 3: THE FUTUREAchieving AIImage CreditsThanksEndnotesIndex

"Recommended by the Next Big Book Club"This enjoyable, wide-ranging, and compact survey explains where we began and where we now find ourselves. An entertaining and concise tour."

Toby Walsh is one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at its new AI institute, UNSW.ai. Walsh has been profiled by The New York Times and is the author of four previous books about AI for general readers, including Machines Behaving Badly and Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World. The winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Humboldt Prize and the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science, his X (formerly Twitter) account was voted in the top ten to follow to keep abreast of developments in AI.

• Introduction: How it beginsPART 1: THE SYMBOLIC ERAIdea #1: Searching for answersIdea #2: Making the best moveIdea #3: Following rulesINTERMISSIONThe Robots are comingPART 2: THE LEARNING ERAIdea #4: Artificial brainsIdea #5: Rewarding successIdea #6: Reasoning about beliefsPART 3: THE FUTUREAchieving AIImage CreditsThanksEndnotesIndex

"Recommended by the Next Big Book Club"This enjoyable, wide-ranging, and compact survey explains where we began and where we now find ourselves. An entertaining and concise tour."