A.I. : How Pattern Recognition Helped Artificial Intelligence Defeat a World Champion

Children's STEM Book: Understanding A.I.

The stage was set for a showdown: Man v. Machine. On March 9, 2016, the AlphaGo artificial intelligence computer program played the board game, GO, against the world champion, Lee Sedol.

The Game: Go is the oldest board game in the world. Games are perfect tests for A.I because they keep score. It's easy to see when the A.I. is improving.

The Man: Korean Lee Sedol was the world's top Go player. He expected to win all five games of the match. Could the A.I. teach him anything?

The Machine: Developed in 2014, AlphaGo was a computer artificial intelligence program designed to play Go by using deep learning to recognize patterns in the game. It had already beaten the European champion. Could it defeat Sedol?

The exciting historic meeting of minds unfolded across five difficult games. This story introduces concepts of artificial intelligence and helps kids understand the challenges and the promise of working with A.I.

This children's STEM book is great for 7-10 year old kids:

• Kids who love gaming
• Kids who like computers and coding
• Kids who want to understand that basics of A.I.

MOMENTS IN SCIENCE COLLECTION, Book 6

This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference.

• BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle
• CLANG! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments (NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)
• POLLEN: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction (Junior Library Guild selection, Starred Kirkus Review. 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)
• ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
• EROSION: How Hugh Bennett Saved America's Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl (NCSS Notable Social Studies Book)
• AI: How Pattern Recognition Helped Artificial Intelligence Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol
• FEVER: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicine to Find a Cure for Malaria
• AQUARIUM: How Jeannette Power Invented the Aquarium to Study Marine Life
• MAGNET: How William Gilbert Discovered Earth is a Great Magnet
• CLIMATE: How Waldimir Koppen Studied the Weather and Drew the First Climate Map (Best STEM Book)

Darcy Pattison is the author of science books for kids, including five National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books: Pollen: Darwin's 130-Year Prediction 2020; Clang: Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments 2019; Nefertiti, the Spidernaut, 2017; Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub, 2015; and Desert Baths 2013. She also writes science fiction early chapter books and science fiction young adult novels. Her books have been translated into eleven languages.

With over 20 years' experience in illustration and design, illustrator Peter Willis continues to be as enthusiastic and passionate about his work as ever. His illustrations have palpable character, bringing them to life through his craft and quirky approach. He lives in North East England with his wife and daughter. Other Moments in Science include BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle, and CLANG! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments. Four of the Moments in Science collection have been translated into simplified Chinese; six titles have been translated into Korean. Peter is also the illustrator of THE NANTUCKET SEA MONSTER: A Fake News Story, a Junior Library Guild Selection, a 2018 NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts, and translated into Korean. Peter Willis brings humor to the story, but he also manages to convey accurate information about matter and its physical properties.