An introductory examination of artificial intelligence that discusses the latest developments in a field that links computer science, psychology, commerce, industry, and other social fields. Provides a broad historical perspective of AI, acquaints readers with principal topics such as cognition, knowledge engineering, problem inference, speech understanding, and perception, and highlights important AI products, such as expert systems, LISP, and smart robots. Provides a list of references and a select bibliography for readers requiring more detailed information.
Geoffrey Leslie Simons was a British freelance writer. In the 1980s, he was chief editor at the National Computing Centre in Manchester. A prolific author of non-fiction, he wrote books about sex, computers and politics, particularly the history of the Middle East. [wikipedia]