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"Mitchell knows what she’s talking about. Even better, she’s a clear, cogent and interesting writer . . . Artificial Intelligence has significantly improved my knowledge when it comes to automation technology, [but] the greater benefit is that it has also enhanced my appreciation for the complexity and ineffability of human cognition."―John Warner, Chicago Tribune
"Without shying away from technical details, this survey provides an accessible course in neural networks, computer vision, and natural-language processing, and asks whether the quest to produce an abstracted, general intelligence is worrisome . . . Mitchell’s view is a reassuring one." ―The New Yorker
"An invaluable and necessary read . . . Mitchell’s Guide for Thinking Humans lays out the good, bad and ugly of artificial intelligence." ―Ben Dickson, TechTalks
"In Mitchell’s telling, artificial intelligence (AI) raises extraordinary issues that have disquieting implications for humanity. AI isn’t for the faint of heart, and neither is this book for nonscientists . . . she is a good writer with broad knowledge of the topic . . . and a canny mindfulness of both the merits and problems of AI." ―Howard Schneider, Undark
"Artificial intelligence can trounce you at chess, but will mistake a school bus for an ostrich or make bizarre connections between birds and hydrants. Mitchell cuts through the hype that the field of A.I. is often prone to and lays out what it does well, where it fails, and how it might do better." ―George Musser, author of Spooky Action at a Distance
"The recent resurgence of AI has led to predictions of everything from the end of the world to immortality. Melanie Mitchell’s very intelligent, clear and sensible book is a welcome corrective to the exaggerated fears and hopes for AI, and the prefect primer to start understanding how the systems actually work." ―Alison Gopnik, professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley, and author of The Philosophical Baby
"Melanie Mitchell writes about AI with a warm, friendly voice and an unpretentious brilliance that no machine could hope to match...for now." ―Steven Strogatz, professor of mathematics, Cornell University, and author of Infinite Powers
"Melanie Mitchell’s book is a must read for anyone interested in the emerging revolution of AI, machine learning and big data. She provides a remarkably lucid and comprehensive overview not just of their power and potential in shaping life in the 21st century but, perhaps more importantly, of their shortcomings and dangers. Mitchell brings a holistic, integrated perspective for understanding what these terms actually mean and the capabilities they promise in a non-technical language that any of us can appreciate. At the same time, she lays bare the hyperbole and misconceptions that are being propagated in the media. This book can be, and should be, read by the proverbial man or woman-on-the-street, the silicon valley guru, members of congress, or a student of the humanities, as well as by professional scientists and engineers. They will all profit enormously from it." ―Geoffrey West, distinguished professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and author of Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies
“If you think you understand AI and all of the related issues, you don’t. By the time you finish this exceptionally lucid and riveting book you will breathe more easily and wisely.” ―Michael S. Gazzaniga, Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind, University of California-Santa Barbara, and author of The Consciousness Instinct
"Computers are capable of feats of astonishing intelligence, while at the same time lacking any semblance of common sense. Melanie Mitchell takes us through an enlightening tour of how artificial intelligence currently works, and how it falls short of true human understanding. The challenges and opportunities discussed in this book will be crucial in shaping the future of humanity and technology." ―Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
“Melanie Mitchell deftly provides the reader with a keen, clear-sighted account of the history of AI and neural networks. She explores refinements of the Turing Test, Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity (a little dubiously), deep machine learning, computer vision, translation programs, ethical issues, and many other topics, their history, modern development, and the ebb and flow of the hype surrounding their various incarnations. What is most impressive is that without getting too technical, Mitchell sketches enough details and clever illustrations that one gets a good intuitive understanding of AI, both its special purpose machines and its attempts at developing a more general intelligence. A wonderfully informative book.” ―John Allen Paulos, Professor of Mathematics, Temple University, and author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences
"Melanie Mitchell nails it: current AI does all kinds of neat tricks, but there’s no real understanding there, and until there is, we will never get to the real promise of AI." ―Gary Marcus, Founder and CEO of Robust.AI and co-author of Rebooting AI
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars very well worth the read
a very good book. AI from many different angles. the things it can do and those it can't, yet and maybe never. the controversies and the successes. a little dated but thought provoking and much basic information. clear and concise.i only hope she will update it.
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good reference to get a sense of current state in AI
I purchased this book to get a sense of the current state of AI and I think that it is a good reference. The author tries to be intuitive but without shying away of some complex issues. She provides a sober view of the progress (and lack of) in AI which is illuminating. As a con, I would have expected a more in-depth description of the brain's inner workings, but maybe this is not that important for this type of book. Totally recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars An especially insightful, accurate and readable explanation of AI limitations vis-a-vis capabilities
Thank you Prof Melanie Mitchell for the labor of love and commitment required to create your latest book, Artificial Intelligence A guide for Thinking Humans."The book is divided into four parts, with the first part serving as an introduction with appropriate historical background, and an update on current important concepts, developments and supporting terminology.Following the introduction, one core aspect of the book are the three main parts-- each with multiple chapters-- where Melanie explains the fundamentals, workings and applications of of of neural networks and image processing (Part II, Looking and Seeing), of reinforcement learning and game playing (Part III, Learning to Play), and of language processing (Part IV: Artificial Intelligence Meet Natural Language).If you are a manager or policy maker who desires a technically accurate and precise description of the foundations and key enabling mechanisms of these AI capabilities-- in order to strengthen your own understanding--- and your own "mental models" of what this technology is and how it really works--- the descriptions in this book are amongst the very best descriptions I have every come across (and I do a lot of reading in this area for both technical specialist and for broader audiences).The second core aspect of this book is the final part (Part V: The Barrier of Meaning) where Melanie beautifully develops the frameworks, concepts, illustrations and examples you need to deeply understand what it really means for humans to understand "meaning" and context, and to make intelligent inferences, predictions, abstractions and analogies based on this ability versus what very brittle and very limited ability of state-of-the-art AI systems to do so.Just these four chapters in Part V ( On Understanding; Knowledge, Abstraction, and Analogy in Artificial Intelligence; and Questions, Answers, and Speculations) justifies the effort to purchase and carefully read this book.I think Prof Melanie Mitchell has done modern society a great service by creating this book. She makes it possible for a broad range of people-- from a broad range of backgrounds--- to seriously understand the marvels of AI capabilities and accomplishments, how these capabilities and accomplishments are actually realized through computational methods, the limits of these abilities, why these limits exist, and how these machine-based computational methods that we refer to as Artificial Intelligence compare to human capabilities for understanding and intelligence.For those of you who look for this type of material to read, it is also important to know about the recently published book, "Rebooting AI" by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis. I have read both of these books cover-to-cover, carefully. My advice-- get both of these books and read both of them. They do have overlapping concerns, and do cover some of the same types of concepts. But they go about it in very different ways. Both books are technically accurate, and have a lot of great examples. Both books will give you much deeper insight into the capabilities and limitations of state-of-the-art AI (both now, and in the foreseeable future). But they go about it in different ways, and with different styles. So I will refrain from prioritizing one book over the other, as each has its own approach, emphasis, and style. If you enjoy this type of topic, and want to learn more from people who write well, AND who have very deep understanding of these topics--- then go get both of these books, absorb them, understand them, and go on a campaign to make sure all of your friends and professional colleagues understand the key messages of both of these books.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very current and not at all dumbed down
I cannot recommend this book enough. It offers an excellent, up-to-the-minute survey of the capabilities of artificial intelligence, the current state of the field, and sufficient background and underpinnings to show how we got to where we are today. The author, a professor and Ph.D. in computer science, writes for a general (and intelligent) audience, leaving out algorithms and programming languages from her explanations but providing well-chosen illustrations and diagrams that taught me more than all the other books and articles I've read on this topic.I was a bit skeptical during the first three chapters, when after saying she wouldn't dwell on the history of AI and its origins as a field, she seemed to be doing just that. In chapter 4, though, she dives into machine vision, what makes it hard to do, and how it works. From there on, it's a near-perfect book. The chapters build on one another and there's no redundancy. She's got new things to share right up to the very last page. And the rationale for those first three chapters becomes obvious, as the reader sees how they laid a foundation for later explanations.Best of all, the author deals with What is intelligence? and What does it mean to say a machine "learns"? and ethics and even how AI can be maliciously subverted right within the main text, while she's discussing neural nets and natural language processing and IBM's Watson and AlphaGo — not as a separate, tacked on chapter. It's the kind of book where you appreciate how the author has spent years immersed in the subject, not in a narrow academic sliver of it but broadly as well as deeply.I'd give it 6 stars if I could.
Nice, easy to read, very informative
As a non-specialist I found the book very informative about AI. It's well-organized, well-written, and easy to read. I particularly liked the fact that each chapter is not very long, making it readable over a cup of tea and memorable as a result.
Klar, verständlich und immer noch aktuell
Dies ist ein sehr verständliches und ausgewogenes Buch über künstliche Intelligenz. Melanie Mitchell erklärt in einfachen Worten, was KI ist, wie sie sich historisch entwickelt hat und wo ihre tatsächlichen Grenzen liegen. Besonders gut hat mir gefallen, dass sie weder übertreibt noch Angst schürt, sondern einen ruhigen und realistischen Ton beibehält, der hilft, das Thema besser zu verstehen.Der einzige Nachteil ist, dass das Buch bereits 2019 erschienen ist und deshalb die neuesten Entwicklungen bis 2025, wie große Sprachmodelle oder die breite Nutzung von KI im Alltag, nicht abdeckt. Die grundlegenden Ideen bleiben jedoch vollkommen aktuell und geben das theoretische Fundament, um die heutigen Fortschritte nachvollziehen zu können.Insgesamt halte ich es für eine hervorragende Einführung für alle, die künstliche Intelligenz ohne Übertreibungen verstehen möchten, und ich kann es uneingeschränkt empfehlen.
Thought-provoking journey about AI
I genuinely believe Mitchell's book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding AI beyond the buzzwords. It's not just about how AI works but how it fits into our society and lives. The book deepened my understanding and appreciation of AI's complexities and future trajectory.
Great to get the big picture.
I was looking for a book that would give me a rough timeline of AI evolution and introduce me to the core concepts. I’m a software engineer - but have no background on AI. This book did great. The author introduce the concepts in their historical context. She explains the limitation of AI and the upcoming challenges. Fascinating read.
Very insightful with a dash of humour
This book gave me the information that I wanted and more again. I remember in 1980 doing a "computer" course to find out what a floppy disk was. I read this book to find out more about this topic that I kept reading about, AI, and is it really going to make all humans redundant in the near future?The narrative was pitched at the correct level for me, I wanted to understand how AI worked without needing to be a mathematician or programming geek. I can understand the concept of how it works and what its strengths and weaknesses, and future challenges are.My understanding is that Artificial "Intelligence" is perhaps misleading. It isn't really intelligence as would be described in humans but actually sophisticated rules, systems and computing power. The author explained it as more like "idiot savant" which doesn't understand what it is doing, cannot explain it, and sometimes makes decisions based on totally false premise (but still provides the correct answer in "most" cases. She gives some good examples of that.BUT, does this mean AI is not useful. Quite the opposite, it is a very powerful tool for certain uses in well defined situations. There are lots of examples of that in today's world.In summary, a valuable book if you want to lear what all of the hype is. And it is dished up with a little bit of wry humour.
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Editorial Reviews
Review
"Mitchell knows what she’s talking about. Even better, she’s a clear, cogent and interesting writer . . . Artificial Intelligence has significantly improved my knowledge when it comes to automation technology, [but] the greater benefit is that it has also enhanced my appreciation for the complexity and ineffability of human cognition."―John Warner, Chicago Tribune
"Without shying away from technical details, this survey provides an accessible course in neural networks, computer vision, and natural-language processing, and asks whether the quest to produce an abstracted, general intelligence is worrisome . . . Mitchell’s view is a reassuring one." ―The New Yorker
"An invaluable and necessary read . . . Mitchell’s Guide for Thinking Humans lays out the good, bad and ugly of artificial intelligence." ―Ben Dickson, TechTalks
"In Mitchell’s telling, artificial intelligence (AI) raises extraordinary issues that have disquieting implications for humanity. AI isn’t for the faint of heart, and neither is this book for nonscientists . . . she is a good writer with broad knowledge of the topic . . . and a canny mindfulness of both the merits and problems of AI." ―Howard Schneider, Undark
"Artificial intelligence can trounce you at chess, but will mistake a school bus for an ostrich or make bizarre connections between birds and hydrants. Mitchell cuts through the hype that the field of A.I. is often prone to and lays out what it does well, where it fails, and how it might do better." ―George Musser, author of Spooky Action at a Distance
"The recent resurgence of AI has led to predictions of everything from the end of the world to immortality. Melanie Mitchell’s very intelligent, clear and sensible book is a welcome corrective to the exaggerated fears and hopes for AI, and the prefect primer to start understanding how the systems actually work." ―Alison Gopnik, professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley, and author of The Philosophical Baby
"Melanie Mitchell writes about AI with a warm, friendly voice and an unpretentious brilliance that no machine could hope to match...for now." ―Steven Strogatz, professor of mathematics, Cornell University, and author of Infinite Powers
"Melanie Mitchell’s book is a must read for anyone interested in the emerging revolution of AI, machine learning and big data. She provides a remarkably lucid and comprehensive overview not just of their power and potential in shaping life in the 21st century but, perhaps more importantly, of their shortcomings and dangers. Mitchell brings a holistic, integrated perspective for understanding what these terms actually mean and the capabilities they promise in a non-technical language that any of us can appreciate. At the same time, she lays bare the hyperbole and misconceptions that are being propagated in the media. This book can be, and should be, read by the proverbial man or woman-on-the-street, the silicon valley guru, members of congress, or a student of the humanities, as well as by professional scientists and engineers. They will all profit enormously from it." ―Geoffrey West, distinguished professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and author of Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies
“If you think you understand AI and all of the related issues, you don’t. By the time you finish this exceptionally lucid and riveting book you will breathe more easily and wisely.” ―Michael S. Gazzaniga, Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind, University of California-Santa Barbara, and author of The Consciousness Instinct
"Computers are capable of feats of astonishing intelligence, while at the same time lacking any semblance of common sense. Melanie Mitchell takes us through an enlightening tour of how artificial intelligence currently works, and how it falls short of true human understanding. The challenges and opportunities discussed in this book will be crucial in shaping the future of humanity and technology." ―Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
“Melanie Mitchell deftly provides the reader with a keen, clear-sighted account of the history of AI and neural networks. She explores refinements of the Turing Test, Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity (a little dubiously), deep machine learning, computer vision, translation programs, ethical issues, and many other topics, their history, modern development, and the ebb and flow of the hype surrounding their various incarnations. What is most impressive is that without getting too technical, Mitchell sketches enough details and clever illustrations that one gets a good intuitive understanding of AI, both its special purpose machines and its attempts at developing a more general intelligence. A wonderfully informative book.” ―John Allen Paulos, Professor of Mathematics, Temple University, and author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences
"Melanie Mitchell nails it: current AI does all kinds of neat tricks, but there’s no real understanding there, and until there is, we will never get to the real promise of AI." ―Gary Marcus, Founder and CEO of Robust.AI and co-author of Rebooting AI
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars very well worth the read
a very good book. AI from many different angles. the things it can do and those it can't, yet and maybe never. the controversies and the successes. a little dated but thought provoking and much basic information. clear and concise.i only hope she will update it.
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good reference to get a sense of current state in AI
I purchased this book to get a sense of the current state of AI and I think that it is a good reference. The author tries to be intuitive but without shying away of some complex issues. She provides a sober view of the progress (and lack of) in AI which is illuminating. As a con, I would have expected a more in-depth description of the brain's inner workings, but maybe this is not that important for this type of book. Totally recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars An especially insightful, accurate and readable explanation of AI limitations vis-a-vis capabilities
Thank you Prof Melanie Mitchell for the labor of love and commitment required to create your latest book, Artificial Intelligence A guide for Thinking Humans."The book is divided into four parts, with the first part serving as an introduction with appropriate historical background, and an update on current important concepts, developments and supporting terminology.Following the introduction, one core aspect of the book are the three main parts-- each with multiple chapters-- where Melanie explains the fundamentals, workings and applications of of of neural networks and image processing (Part II, Looking and Seeing), of reinforcement learning and game playing (Part III, Learning to Play), and of language processing (Part IV: Artificial Intelligence Meet Natural Language).If you are a manager or policy maker who desires a technically accurate and precise description of the foundations and key enabling mechanisms of these AI capabilities-- in order to strengthen your own understanding--- and your own "mental models" of what this technology is and how it really works--- the descriptions in this book are amongst the very best descriptions I have every come across (and I do a lot of reading in this area for both technical specialist and for broader audiences).The second core aspect of this book is the final part (Part V: The Barrier of Meaning) where Melanie beautifully develops the frameworks, concepts, illustrations and examples you need to deeply understand what it really means for humans to understand "meaning" and context, and to make intelligent inferences, predictions, abstractions and analogies based on this ability versus what very brittle and very limited ability of state-of-the-art AI systems to do so.Just these four chapters in Part V ( On Understanding; Knowledge, Abstraction, and Analogy in Artificial Intelligence; and Questions, Answers, and Speculations) justifies the effort to purchase and carefully read this book.I think Prof Melanie Mitchell has done modern society a great service by creating this book. She makes it possible for a broad range of people-- from a broad range of backgrounds--- to seriously understand the marvels of AI capabilities and accomplishments, how these capabilities and accomplishments are actually realized through computational methods, the limits of these abilities, why these limits exist, and how these machine-based computational methods that we refer to as Artificial Intelligence compare to human capabilities for understanding and intelligence.For those of you who look for this type of material to read, it is also important to know about the recently published book, "Rebooting AI" by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis. I have read both of these books cover-to-cover, carefully. My advice-- get both of these books and read both of them. They do have overlapping concerns, and do cover some of the same types of concepts. But they go about it in very different ways. Both books are technically accurate, and have a lot of great examples. Both books will give you much deeper insight into the capabilities and limitations of state-of-the-art AI (both now, and in the foreseeable future). But they go about it in different ways, and with different styles. So I will refrain from prioritizing one book over the other, as each has its own approach, emphasis, and style. If you enjoy this type of topic, and want to learn more from people who write well, AND who have very deep understanding of these topics--- then go get both of these books, absorb them, understand them, and go on a campaign to make sure all of your friends and professional colleagues understand the key messages of both of these books.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very current and not at all dumbed down
I cannot recommend this book enough. It offers an excellent, up-to-the-minute survey of the capabilities of artificial intelligence, the current state of the field, and sufficient background and underpinnings to show how we got to where we are today. The author, a professor and Ph.D. in computer science, writes for a general (and intelligent) audience, leaving out algorithms and programming languages from her explanations but providing well-chosen illustrations and diagrams that taught me more than all the other books and articles I've read on this topic.I was a bit skeptical during the first three chapters, when after saying she wouldn't dwell on the history of AI and its origins as a field, she seemed to be doing just that. In chapter 4, though, she dives into machine vision, what makes it hard to do, and how it works. From there on, it's a near-perfect book. The chapters build on one another and there's no redundancy. She's got new things to share right up to the very last page. And the rationale for those first three chapters becomes obvious, as the reader sees how they laid a foundation for later explanations.Best of all, the author deals with What is intelligence? and What does it mean to say a machine "learns"? and ethics and even how AI can be maliciously subverted right within the main text, while she's discussing neural nets and natural language processing and IBM's Watson and AlphaGo — not as a separate, tacked on chapter. It's the kind of book where you appreciate how the author has spent years immersed in the subject, not in a narrow academic sliver of it but broadly as well as deeply.I'd give it 6 stars if I could.
Nice, easy to read, very informative
As a non-specialist I found the book very informative about AI. It's well-organized, well-written, and easy to read. I particularly liked the fact that each chapter is not very long, making it readable over a cup of tea and memorable as a result.
Klar, verständlich und immer noch aktuell
Dies ist ein sehr verständliches und ausgewogenes Buch über künstliche Intelligenz. Melanie Mitchell erklärt in einfachen Worten, was KI ist, wie sie sich historisch entwickelt hat und wo ihre tatsächlichen Grenzen liegen. Besonders gut hat mir gefallen, dass sie weder übertreibt noch Angst schürt, sondern einen ruhigen und realistischen Ton beibehält, der hilft, das Thema besser zu verstehen.Der einzige Nachteil ist, dass das Buch bereits 2019 erschienen ist und deshalb die neuesten Entwicklungen bis 2025, wie große Sprachmodelle oder die breite Nutzung von KI im Alltag, nicht abdeckt. Die grundlegenden Ideen bleiben jedoch vollkommen aktuell und geben das theoretische Fundament, um die heutigen Fortschritte nachvollziehen zu können.Insgesamt halte ich es für eine hervorragende Einführung für alle, die künstliche Intelligenz ohne Übertreibungen verstehen möchten, und ich kann es uneingeschränkt empfehlen.
Thought-provoking journey about AI
I genuinely believe Mitchell's book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding AI beyond the buzzwords. It's not just about how AI works but how it fits into our society and lives. The book deepened my understanding and appreciation of AI's complexities and future trajectory.
Great to get the big picture.
I was looking for a book that would give me a rough timeline of AI evolution and introduce me to the core concepts. I’m a software engineer - but have no background on AI. This book did great. The author introduce the concepts in their historical context. She explains the limitation of AI and the upcoming challenges. Fascinating read.
Very insightful with a dash of humour
This book gave me the information that I wanted and more again. I remember in 1980 doing a "computer" course to find out what a floppy disk was. I read this book to find out more about this topic that I kept reading about, AI, and is it really going to make all humans redundant in the near future?The narrative was pitched at the correct level for me, I wanted to understand how AI worked without needing to be a mathematician or programming geek. I can understand the concept of how it works and what its strengths and weaknesses, and future challenges are.My understanding is that Artificial "Intelligence" is perhaps misleading. It isn't really intelligence as would be described in humans but actually sophisticated rules, systems and computing power. The author explained it as more like "idiot savant" which doesn't understand what it is doing, cannot explain it, and sometimes makes decisions based on totally false premise (but still provides the correct answer in "most" cases. She gives some good examples of that.BUT, does this mean AI is not useful. Quite the opposite, it is a very powerful tool for certain uses in well defined situations. There are lots of examples of that in today's world.In summary, a valuable book if you want to lear what all of the hype is. And it is dished up with a little bit of wry humour.
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