INTRODUCTION

Let’s start by saying that this book is not a guide on how to develop AI. There are plenty of those – and plenty of YouTube videos providing introductions to machine learning (ML) and AI. Rather, the intent is to provide an understanding of AI’s foundations and its actual and potential social and ethical implications – though by no means ALL of them, as we are still in the discovery phase. Although it is not technically-focused, this book can provide essential reading for engineers, developers, and statisticians in the AI field, as well as computer scientists, educators, students, and organizations with the goal of enhancing their understanding of how AI can and is changing the world we live in.

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