num_pages: 164
description: The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes schools and offices in our cinemas in art galleries and -- not least -- on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists psychologists and linguists in helping tounderstand the processes of memory learning and language from a fresh angle.As a concept Artificial Intelligence has fueled and sharpened the philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind intelligence and the uniqueness of human beings. In this Very Short Introduction Margaret A. Boden reviews the philosophical and technological challenges raised by ArtificialIntelligence considering whether programs could ever be really intelligent creative or even conscious and shows how the pursuit of Artificial Intelligence has helped us to appreciate how human and animal minds are possible.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas andenthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
language: English
title: Artificial Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
publisher: Oxford University Press