Preface
Artificial intelligence (AI) is here and has become a powerful force that is fueling modern applications that are used on a daily basis. Much like the discovery/invention of fire, the wheel, oil, electricity, and electronics, AI is reshaping our world in ways that we could only fantasize about. AI has been historically a niche computer science subject, offered by a handful of labs. But because of the explosion of excellent theory, an increase in computing power, and the availability of data, the field started growing exponentially in the 2000s and has shown no sign of slowing down anytime soon.
AI has proven again and again that given the right algorithm and enough amount of data, it can learn a task by itself with limited human intervention ...