1st Edition

Cunning Machines Your Pocket Guide to the World of Artificial Intelligence

By Jędrzej Osiński Copyright 2020
183 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

183 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

183 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

There are many myths and mistakes which make the topics of artificial intelligence complex and confusing. But the truth is that the foundations of AI are not rocket science. People do not need a PhD to understand how a basic neural network works. In fact, one does not even need computer skills to learn this. Cunning Machines: Your Pocket Guide to the World of Artificial Intelligence... Read more
Scientific Manifesto. Introduction – Magic revealed. Artificial Intelligence – a sci-fi phrase that changes the World. What is A.I.? Strong artificial intelligence. Turing test. Algorithm or heuristic? “I want to play a game.” Are we there yet? Neural networks – a brainstorming inside a PC. Everything is a number. Secrets of artificial brain. Brainstorming. Layers and liars. Artificial reasoning. Deep Thought. Genetic algorithms – for the Galapagos Islands to computer-composed symphony. Evolution squeezed into milliseconds. Artificial DNA. The birth of life. Natural selection Crossover – a new generation builds a new world. X-men among us. Evolution of a solution. Evolution in IT. Monte Carlo method – unexpected benefit of gambling. How much is π?

Biography

Jędrzej Osiński, PhD, earned his PhD in Artificial Intelligence and has a strong research background in computer science. He has published 14 scientific papers to date as well being the co-author of two books. During his academic career he was working in government grants and lecturing about software testing and products, AI applications and IT business start-ups. He has participated in a number of different conferences as a speaker, papers reviewer and organizer. His scientific interests are mostly focused on spatio-temporal modelling and reasoning, knowledge representation, natural language processing, qualitative calculus and fuzzy sets.

Dr Osiński has over ten years of experience working in IT companies of different sizes, domains (web, telecom, banking, e-learning), organization structures and locations (Poland, Ireland, UK). Currently he combines the roles of certified senior QA engineer, line manager and business analyst to support software projects for some of world’s best-known brands.

He is also involved in various initiatives promoting AI, science and modern technologies e.g. blog posts, science days, invited talks, as well as radio and TV appearances.