Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us?: A Layperson's Guide to the Concepts, Math, and Pitfalls of AI - Softcover

Kenneth Wenger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1959632019 ISBN 13: 9781959632016

Publisher: Working Fires Foundation, 2023

Synopsis

Artificial intelligence is everywhere―it’s in our houses and phones and cars. AI makes decisions about what we should buy, watch, and read, and it won’t be long before AI’s in our hospitals, combing through our records. Maybe soon it will even be deciding who’s innocent, and who goes to jail . . . But most of us don’t understand how AI works. We hardly know what it is. In "Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us?", AI expert Kenneth Wenger deftly explains the complexity at AI’s heart, demonstrating its potential and exposing its shortfalls. Wenger empowers readers to answer the question―What exactly is AI?―at a time when its hold on tech, society, and our imagination is only getting stronger.

About this title

About the Author

Kenneth Wenger is senior director of research and innovation at CoreAVI and chief technology officer at Squint AI. His work focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence and determinism, enabling neural networks to execute in safety critical systems.

Mr. Wenger is author of Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us?--a layperson's guide to AI. Additionally, he has co-authored articles in the scholarly journal Machine Learning with Applications and white papers for different industry publications, including Embedded Computing Design. He also holds several patents under CoreAVI’s auspices.

From the Back Cover

"Mr. Wenger has written an extremely easy-to-read book that not only stimulates your curiosity about AI, machine learning, and deep learning but also offers satisfying answers to many questions. He provides a fascinating hitchhiker's guide to the AI galaxy and, along the way, serves up great and nutritious food for thought." —Dr. Alireza Sadeghian, Founding Director, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Lab

"At a crucial moment, this book expands the conversation around AI to the broader public. It introduces critical concepts in an easy-to-read format with examples, diagrams, and plots. Through real-life tasks and publicly available data, algorithms (e.g., convolutional neural networks) are explained to help the reader understand the 'black box' that is AI." —Dr. Saumil Patel, Computational Scientist, Computational Science Division at Argonne National Lab

"An absorbing book that makes you think about thinking artificially. As the world becomes more and more impacted by AI, this book is essential reading and for some will be a survival guide for the future." —Damian Fozard, founder of Squint AI and co-inventor of Safe AI

Edition details

• Publisher: Working Fires Foundation
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1959632019
• ISBN 13: 9781959632016
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264