*The Shortest History of AI* explores the evolution of artificial intelligence, from Ada Lovelace to IBM defeating a chess champion and the rise of ChatGPT. It highlights AI’s cultural impact through works like *Frankenstein* and *2001: A Space Odyssey*, emphasizing that many so-called ‘overnight’ successes took decades to achieve. The book simplifies AI into six key ideas to help readers understand its past and future. TOBY WALSH, a leading AI researcher, authors this insightful work.
Revealing how many ‘overnight’ successes were decades in the making, this accessible and illuminating book simplifies AI into six key ideas, equipping readers to understand where we’ve been – and where we’re headed.
TOBY WALSH is one of the world’s leading researchers in artificial intelligence. He is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales and chief scientist at its new AI institute, UNSW.ai. He is the author of four previous books about AI, including Machines Behaving Badly and Faking It.
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