Part I. The Toolkit. 1. Robo-Judges ... With Poor Judgment -- 2. The Fact Factories of the Natural Sciences -- Part II. The ABCs of Computer Science. 3. Algorithms: Instructions for Computers -- 4. Big Data and Data Mining -- 5. Computer Intelligence -- 6. Machine Learning Versus People -- 7. Are We Literate Yet? -- Part III. The Path to Better Decisions, With and Without Machines. 8. Algorithms, Discrimination, and Ideology -- 9. How to Stay in Control -- 10. Who Wants Machines Making Decisions About People, Anyway? -- 11. It's Time for "the Talk" About Strong AI.
Summary:
"If you want to know what artificial intelligence can do and what it cannot do, in this book you will find all the information that you need in an entertaining fashion. The book covers mysterious terms like algorithm and machine learning, in an approachable manner. It enables you to join the discussions on good and bad AI: Do we want machines to judge your face? Is image recognition by the computer really better than by humans? And why should you learn about the misfortune of a self-driving robo vacuum cleaner? Read the book and find out"-- Provided by publisher.
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