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Future tense : how we made artificial intelligence -- and how it will change everything / Martha Brockenbrough.

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"In this non-fiction book for teens, readers are guided through the development of this world-changing technology, exploring how AI has touched every corner of our world, including education, healthcare, work, politics, war, international relations, and even romance. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how artificial intelligence got here, how to make the best use of it, and how we can expect it to transform our lives"-- Provided by publisher.
"Unlike the wheel, combustion engines, or electricity, AI does the thing that humans do best: think. While AI hasn't reproduced the marvelously complex human brain, it has been able to accomplish astonishing things. It has defeated our best human players at games like chess, Go, and Jeopardy!. It's learned to recognize objects and speech. AI tools like ChatGPT can create art and high-quality writing. It's even helped grieving people feel as though they were talking with their dead loved ones. But AI has also put innocent people in jail, manipulated the emotions of social media users, and tricked people into believing deepfake propaganda. It's also failed thus far to live up to its promise--to create intelligent machines that perceive, learn, reason, and make decisions faster and better than human beings. Failures aside, AI gets better every day, and over the next decade it will transform our lives. In this non-fiction book, acclaimed author and teacher Martha Brockenbrough guides readers through AI's history, how it works, and where it often falls short. The book also explores AI's effects on education, health care, work, politics, international relations, war, and even romance. It's essential reading for everyone who wants to understand how artificial intelligence got here, how we can expect it to change the world--and how we might have some say in the matter" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250765925
  • ISBN: 1250765927
  • Physical Description: viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12 and up Feiwel and Friends.
Grades 10-12 Feiwel and Friends.
Subject: Artificial intelligence > Forecasting.
Artificial intelligence > Social aspects.
Genre: Young adult literature.

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