Overview
āThe place to go if youāre really interested in this version of the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence (AI).āāSeattle Times
For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thoughtāone that doesnāt just crunch numbers, or take us to a relevant Web page, but understands us and gives us what we need. With the creation of Watson, IBMās Jeopardy! playing computer, we are one step closer to that goal.
But how did we get here? In Final Jeopardy, Stephen Baker traces the arc of Watsonās ālife,ā from its birth in the IBM labs to its big night on the podium. We meet Hollywood moguls and Jeopardy! masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists, including Watsonās eccentric creator, David Ferrucci. We see how a new generation of Watsons could transform medicine, the law, marketing, even science itself, as machines process huge amounts of data at lightning speed, answer our questions, and possibly come up with new hypotheses. As fast and fun as the game itself, Final Jeopardy shows how smart machines will fit into our worldāand how theyāll disrupt it.
āLike Tracy Kidderās Soul of a New Machine, Bakerās book finds us at the dawn of a singularity. Itās an excellent case study, and does good double duty as a Philip K. Dick scenario, too.āāKirkus Reviews
āBakerās narrative is both charming and terrifying . . . an entertaining romp through the field of artificial intelligenceāand a sobering glimpse of things to come.āāPublishers Weekly, starred review
This book title, Final Jeopardy (The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World), ISBN: 9780547747194, by Stephen Baker, published by HMH Books (March 27, 2012) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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