30-Second AI & Robotics: 50 Key Notions, Fields, and Events in the Rise of Intelligent Machines, Each Explained in Half a Minute

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This comprehensive presentation of the core concepts and historical landmarks in robotics and artificial intelligence is a must-read for those who want to understand the important changes happening now in our everyday lives, in the workplace, and in our minds and bodies. What is deep in "deep learning"? Can artificial intelligence really think? What will robots really look like in the near future? Is there a new class divide between those who understand technology and those who fear it? A clear and exhaustive introduction for non-specialists, 30-Second AI & Robotics will help the reader to navigate the world of ubiquitous computers, smart cities, and collaborative robots. At last, an optimistic and friendly book about our human possibilities in the time of automata. Cover Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS Introduction Fictional & Historical Robots GLOSSARY The Golem & Magic Jacquet Droz & Eighteenth- Century Automata Karel Čapec & the First ‘Robots’ Metropolis & the Gynoid Maria Profile: Isaac Asimov Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey Grey Walter’s Turtles Terminator & Skynet Artificial Intelligence & Computers GLOSSARY The Turing Test Famous ‘Intelligent’ Computers Profile: Alan Turing Machine Learning Video Games & AI Language Recognition & Translation Embodied AI & Cognition Art & AI Can Machines Think? Industrial, Corporate & Institutional AI & Robotics GLOSSARY Unimate, the First Industrial Robot Expert & Security Systems AI in Banking & Finance Medical AI & Robot-assisted Surgery Profile: Rodney Brooks Military AI & Robotics Aerial Robotics Space Exploration Robotics & AI AI in the Entertainment Business Social Robotics GLOSSARY Human-Robot Interaction Home Robots & Smart Homes Autonomous Cars Robots for People with Special Needs Smart Assistants & ‘Literate’ Machines Profile: Tamagotchi Humanoid Robots Chat Bots AI in Education Can Machines Have Common Sense? Cyborgs & Augmented Humans GLOSSARY Human Enhancement Bionic Prosthetics & Exoskeletons Intelligence Amplification Genetic Engineering & Biorobotics Profile: Elon Musk Virtual Reality Mind Uploading Transhumanism & Singularity Collective Robotics & AI GLOSSARY Multi-Robot Systems & Robot Swarms Collective AI & Cloud Robotics Robots & AI Competitions Profile: Geoffrey Hinton Nanobots The Internet of Things Evolutionary AI & Robotics Is the Internet a Hive Mind? We, Anthrobot GLOSSARY Industry 4.0 The Three Laws of Robotics Extended Minds Profile: Hubert Dreyfus The Merging of Robots, AI & Humans? Appendices Resources Notes on contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T U V W Y Z Acknowledgements