Chapter 1: Theoretical basis

Abstract

This chapter gives a brief introduction to artificial intelligence (AI). It starts by reviewing the history of AI. Then it introduces deep learning, which is the recent trend in AI, from its history, applications to future challenges. The last part of the chapter reviews the theory of neural network, which is the basis of deep learning. It introduces the neuron model, perception, multilayer perception, convolutional neural network (CNN), as well as application examples.

Keywords

Artificial intelligence; AI; Deep learning; Neural network; Perception; Convolutional neural network; CNN

1.1: Brief history of artificial intelligence

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