Preface
Welcome to AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development. Successful authors have always told me that the best book you can write is the book you want to read. So I wrote this book because I feel it’s essential for all mobile developers to add machine learning to their toolbox. I hope that you find it helpful on your learning journey.
Who Should Read This Book?
If you’re a mobile developer who loves to write code that executes on Android or iOS and who enjoys delighting users through apps or sites, but you always were curious about how machine learning fits into your workflow, then this book is for you! This book aims to show you how the various frameworks to get you up and running quickly are a helpful first step. It also guides you when you want to go further, customizing models and looking deeper into machine learning.
Why I Wrote This Book
My goal at Google is to make AI easy for all developers, demystify the seemingly arcane mathematics, and put AI literally into everybody’s hands. One key to this is to empower mobile developers, be they Android or iOS, to open new mobile paradigms using machine learning.
There’s an old joke that in the early days of the internet, common wisdom and advice was to not talk to strangers, and you most certainly should never get into an unfamiliar car. However, nowadays, thanks to the change in paradigm, we happily summon strangers from the internet and get into their cars! This behavior was made possible by mobile internet-connected ...