Artificial Intelligence - Understanding Basics
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Before we can coexist, we must understand.
What happens when humanity creates machines capable of challenging human intelligence? Will artificial intelligence become our greatest achievement—or our greatest mistake? And how can we possibly judge its future if we do not understand how it works today?
Artificial Intelligence - Understanding Basics was written for anyone who has wondered what artificial intelligence really is, how it works, and what its growing influence means for our future. It is not a programming manual, nor does it require advanced technical knowledge. It is an invitation to explore one of the most important technological developments in human history.
Across 19 carefully structured chapters, readers discover the history of artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks, large language models, generative AI, robotics, and autonomous systems. Along the way, they examine the opportunities, limitations, ethical questions, and potential risks associated with increasingly capable machines.
Some believe artificial intelligence will usher in an extraordinary age of discovery and prosperity. Others warn of widespread unemployment, loss of human control, or even threats to civilization. Who is right? And more importantly, how can we know?
This book does not tell readers what to believe. It provides the knowledge to help them decide for themselves.
The future has not yet been written. Understanding it begins here.