Artificial intelligence : the impact on our lives /
Alex Woolf.
- Austin, TX : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2003.
- 64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
- 21st century debates .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Machines that think -- Good old-fashioned AI -- Expert systems -- Artificial neural networks -- Robotics and AI -- AI in science and medicine -- AI in commerce and industry -- AI in war and security -- AI in art and entertainment -- The future of AI.
Explores the history of artificial intelligence, from its conceptual origins in seventeenth-century philosophy to its modern-day impact upon science and technology, war, and the entertainment industry.