50 AI Ideas You Really Need to Know

A complete introduction to the key concepts and innovation of artificial intelligence
A straightforward guide to the most significant artificial intelligence concepts throughout history in 50 accessible, bite-sized essays.

Master the technology reshaping our world today.

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Keith Mansfield introduces and explains the essential concepts, ideas and key thinkers behind artificial intelligence.

From Alan Turing asking 'can machines think?' and the best prompting techniques for generative AI, to Superintelligence and the Singularity, 50 AI Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important AI concepts: past, present and future.


Excellent balance between perspective and technical understanding and great clarity. - Neil Lawrence, inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge, and author of The Atomic Human.

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