The Shortest History of AI : The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It (The Shortest History Series)

Walsh, Toby

The Experiment LLC（2025/11発売）

The Experiment LLC（2025/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9798893030891

Full Description

Since Alan Turing first posed the question "Can machines think?" artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace's visionary work to IBM's groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT.

Revealing how many "overnight" successes were decades in the making, this accessible and illuminating book tells AI's history through the six main ways it functions:



It uses symbols to represent common concepts and ideas.
It chooses its best possible move based on the information it is given.
It simulates human expertise by following simple rules.
It learns based on its past experiences.
It assesses its mistakes and learns to avoid making them again in the future.
It computes probability based on the evidence it's provided with.

Fast-paced and rich with facts, The Shortest History of AI explores how artificial intelligence is being created—and how it will continue to transform and affect our lives now and in the future.

The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.

Contents

Introduction: How it begins

PART 1: THE SYMBOLIC ERA

Idea #1: Searching for answers

Idea #2: Making the best move

Idea #3: Following rules

INTERMISSION

The Robots are coming

PART 2: THE LEARNING ERA

Idea #4: Artificial brains

Idea #5: Rewarding success

Idea #6: Reasoning about beliefs

PART 3: THE FUTURE

Achieving AI

Image Credits

Thanks

Endnotes

Index