The Shortest History of AI

Six ideas to understand artificial intelligence today

Since Alan Turing first posed the question, `Can machines think?`, artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace`s visionary work to IBM`s groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT. It also explores AI`s cultural journey, touching on classics such as Frankenstein, A Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxy and 2001- A Space Odyssey.

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.