Introducing Artificial Intelligence

Can machines really think? Is the mind just a complicated computer program? Half a century of research into Artificial Intelligence has resulted in machines capable of beating the best human chess players and humanoid robots that can walk and interact with us. Yet exactly should we go about building a truly intelligent machine? Introducing Artificial Intelligence focuses on the major issues behind one of the hardest scientific problems ever undertaken.

Henry Brighton has carried out research into machine learning in both academic and commercial settings. More recently his work has focused on the problem of the evolution of language, where he employs machine learning techniques to model linguistic evolution in multi-agent populations. Howard Selina was born in Leeds and studied painting at St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy. He works in London as a painter and illustrator.