Why machines learn

Anil Ananthaswamy

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 discoveries in chemistry, biology and physics - the study of genomes, extra-solar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems. This major shift is based on simple mathematics, some of which goes back centuries: linear algebra and calculus, the stuff of eighteenth-century mathematics. Indeed by the mid-1850s, a lot of the groundwork was all done. It took the development of computer science and the kindling of 1990s computer chips designed for video games to ignite the explosion of AI that we see all around us today. In this book, Anil Ananthaswamy explains the fundamental maths behind AI, which suggests that the basics of natural and artificial intelligence might follow the same mathematical rules.

Author(s): Ananthaswamy, Anil
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 16/07/2024
Pagination: 464 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Allen Lane
Published By: Allen Lane
Book Classification: Artificial intelligence|Artificial intelligence|Mathematical logic|Applied mathematics|History of mathematics|Impact of science & technology on society
Dimensions: 242x163x40
Weight: 705
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241586488