Introduction to Artificial Intelligence(A.I.)
Basic Concepts
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Terms: A to Z GlossaryCommon artificial intelligence (AI) terms to know, from Coursera.
- Artificial Intelligence Glossary: Neural Networks and Other Terms ExplainedAdam Pasick, New York Times, Mar. 27, 2023
Articles
- A curious person’s guide to artificial intelligencePranshu Verma and Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post, May 7, 2023
- Technology Spotlight on Artificial IntelligenceArticles from the New York Times
- The WIRED Guide to Artificial IntelligenceTom Simonite, Wired, Feb. 8, 2023
Videos
- Artificial Intelligence In 10 Minutes | What Is Artificial Intelligence?AI Explained video from Simplilearn
- Caltech Science Exchange: What Is AI?Video from Caltech
- Explainer: What Is an Algorithm?Video from Standford GSB
- Explainer: What is Machine Learning?Video from Stanford GSB
- What is AI?Museum of Science, Boston
- What is Artificial IntelligenceVideo from UNESCO
- What Is Artificial Intelligence?Video from Crash Course AI #1
Historical Overview and Development
Articles
- A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence (AI): From Turing to IoTNathan Reiff, Decrypt, Jun. 16, 2023
- A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: On the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Intelligence.Michael Haenlein and Andreas Kaplan, California Management Review, Aug. 2019
- The History of Artificial IntelligenceRockwell Anyoha, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Blog, Aug. 28, 2017
- A Very Short History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)Gil Press, Forbes, Dec. 30, 2016
- A Brief History of Artificial IntelligenceVideo from Bootstrap Labs
- History of AIVideo from Meta Developers
Books in the MTC Library
Artificial Intelligence: Building Smarter Machines by
In 2011 a computer named Watson outscored two human competitors on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! and snagged the million-dollar prize. Watson isn't the only machine keeping up with humans. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming, with drones, robots, and computers handling tasks that once only humans could perform. Such advances raise challenging questions. Do Watson and other computers really think? Can machines acquire self-awareness? Is AI a promising or a dangerous technology? No machine, not even Watson, yet comes close to matching human intelligence, but many scientists believe it is only a matter of time before we reach this milestone. What will such a future look like?
From Machine-to-Machine to the Internet of Things: Introduction to a New Age of Intelligence by
This book outlines the background and overall vision for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and services, including major standards. Key technologies are described, and include everything from physical instrumentation of devices to the cloud infrastructures used to collect data. Also included is how to derive information and knowledge, and how to integrate it into enterprise processes, as well as system architectures and regulatory requirements. Real-world service use case studies provide the hands-on knowledge needed to successfully develop and implement M2M and IoT technologies sustainably and profitably. Finally, the future vision for M2M technologies is described, including prospective changes in relevant standards. This book is written by experts in the technology and business aspects of Machine-to-Machine and Internet of Things, and who have experience in implementing solutions.
Genius Makers by
What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create? With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and our daily lives, with few of us even noticing. Long dismissed as a technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence was a project consigned to the fringes of the scientific community. Then two researchers changed everything. One was a sixty-four-year-old computer science professor who didn't drive and didn't fly because he could no longer sit down--but still made his way across North America for the moment that would define a new age of technology. The other was a thirty-six-year-old neuroscientist and chess prodigy who laid claim to being the greatest game player of all time before vowing to build a machine that could do anything the human brain could do. They took two very different paths to that lofty goal, and they disagreed on how quickly it would arrive. But both were soon drawn into the heart of the tech industry. Their ideas drove a new kind of arms race, spanning Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OpenAI, a new lab founded by Silicon Valley kingpin Elon Musk. But some believed that China would beat them all to the finish line. Genius Makers dramatically presents the fierce conflict among national interests, shareholder value, the pursuit of scientific knowledge, and the very human concerns about privacy, security, bias, and prejudice. Like a great Victorian novel, this world of eccentric, brilliant, often unimaginably yet suddenly wealthy characters draws you into the most profound moral questions we can ask. And like a great mystery, it presents the story and facts that lead to a core, vital question: How far will we let it go?
