October 2023
Beginner
192 pages
5h 40m
English
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1AND AWAY WE GO: AN AI OVERVIEW
Artificial intelligence attempts to coax a machine, typically a computer, to behave in ways humans judge to be intelligent. The phrase was coined in the 1950s by prominent computer scientist John McCarthy (1927–2011).
This chapter aims to clarify what AI is and its relationship to machine learning and deep learning, two terms you may have heard in recent years. We’ll dive in with an example of machine learning in action. Think of this chapter as an overview of AI as a whole. Later chapters will build on and review the concepts introduced here.
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Computers are programmed to carry out a particular task by giving ...