Exploring Artificial Intelligence On Your Microcomputer
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At a time when artificial intelligence was a concept confined to university research labs and science fiction novels, Tim Hartnell brought the future to the fingertips of everyday hobbyists with Exploring Artificial Intelligence on Your Microcomputer. This pioneering volume chronicles the foundational principles of AI — from rule-based systems and natural language processing to game-playing algorithms — and translates them into practical, hands-on programs that readers could type and run on the home computers of the early 1980s. Hartnell presents complex computational ideas with clarity and enthusiasm, making the once-impenetrable world of machine intelligence accessible to beginners and experienced programmers alike, all while capturing the exhilarating optimism of the nascent personal computing era. A landmark text in the canon of early home-computing literature, this work stands as a fascinating historical document that illustrates just how radically the relationship between humans and machines was being reimagined. Hartnell's approachable, instructional style strips away academic mystique and argues that intelligence — even in its artificial form — is something that can be understood, built, and played with. As Fortune magazine noted on the cover itself, the prospect of non-human intelligence was considered one of the most significant potential events in human history; reading this book today, one cannot help but wonder how prescient that warning truly was.
Author: Tim Hartnell
Format: Paperback
Genre: Science
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At a time when artificial intelligence was a concept confined to university research labs and science fiction novels, Tim Hartnell brought the future to the fingertips of everyday hobbyists with Exploring Artificial Intelligence on Your Microcomputer. This pioneering volume chronicles the foundational principles of AI — from rule-based systems and natural language processing to game-playing algorithms — and translates them into practical, hands-on programs that readers could type and run on the home computers of the early 1980s. Hartnell presents complex computational ideas with clarity and enthusiasm, making the once-impenetrable world of machine intelligence accessible to beginners and experienced programmers alike, all while capturing the exhilarating optimism of the nascent personal computing era. A landmark text in the canon of early home-computing literature, this work stands as a fascinating historical document that illustrates just how radically the relationship between humans and machines was being reimagined. Hartnell's approachable, instructional style strips away academic mystique and argues that intelligence — even in its artificial form — is something that can be understood, built, and played with. As Fortune magazine noted on the cover itself, the prospect of non-human intelligence was considered one of the most significant potential events in human history; reading this book today, one cannot help but wonder how prescient that warning truly was.