Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI by Ananthaswamy, Anil

Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion...
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Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
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Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI by Ananthaswamy, Anil

Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

CHF 42.19

Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

CHF 42.19
Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence

Machine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour is cancerous, or deciding whether someone gets bail. They now influence developments and discoveries in chemistry, biology, and physics--the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems. And all this before large language models such as ChatGPT came on the scene.

We are living through a revolution in machine learning-powered AI that shows no signs of slowing down. This technology is based on relatively simple mathematical ideas, some of which go back centuries, including linear algebra and calculus, the stuff of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century mathematics. It took the birth and advancement of computer science and the kindling of 1990s computer chips designed for video games to ignite the explosion of AI that we see today. In this enlightening book, Anil Ananthaswamy explains the fundamental math behind machine learning, while suggesting intriguing links between artifical and natural intelligence. Might the same math underpin them both?

As Ananthaswamy resonantly concludes, to make safe and effective use of artificial intelligence, we need to understand its profound capabilities and limitations, the clues to which lie in the math that makes machine learning possible.

Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 07/16/2024
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780593185742

About the Author
Anil Ananthaswamy is an award-winning science writer and former staff writer and deputy news editor for New Scientist. He is the author of several popular science books including The Man Who Wasn't There, which was long-listed for the Pen/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.

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