The Quest for Artificial Intelligence a history of ideas and achievements
by Nils J. Nilsson · first published 2010
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field within computer science that is attempting to build enhanced intelligence into computer systems. This book traces the history of the subject, from the early dreams of eighteenth-century (and earlier) pioneers to the more successful work of today’s AI engineers. AI is becoming more and more a part of everyone’s life. The technology is already embedded in face-recognizing cameras, speech-recognition software, Internet search engines, and health-care robots, among other applications. The book’s many diagrams and easy-to-understand descriptions of AI prog
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The Quest for Artificial Intelligence: A History of Ideas and Achievements by Nils Nilsson Gives a great run through of the history of AI research. Understanding the approaches that have been tried before gives you a sense of why the state of the field is what it is today.…
on “Ask HN: Best books on AI?” ↗The Quest for Artificial Intelligence: A History of Ideas and Achievements Nils J. Nilsson This is a good overview of the history of the field (up to SVMs and before deep NNs). I found this useful for putting all the different approaches into context.
on “Ask HN: What are the foundational texts for learning about AI/ML/NN?” ↗Some of it is described here: https://ai.stanford.edu/~nilsson/QAI/qai.pdf (THE QUEST FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A HISTORY OF IDEAS AND ACHIEVEMENTS)
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