Artificial Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and — not least — on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists, psychologists, and linguists in helping to understand the processes of memory, learning, and language from a fresh angle.

As a concept, Artificial Intelligence has fueled and sharpened the philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, intellige...