AI Explained: Facts, Fiction and Future
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AI Explained: Facts, Fiction and Future

About the Book

Written by a human, for humans.

AIs are everywhere, and they're changing everything.

AI Explained: Facts, Fiction, and Future from best-selling author Nigel Poulton is your fast-track easy-to-read guide to the exciting new world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In less than 100 pages, you'll learn:

- What AI is

- How we create and train Aes

- How AIs are positively reshaping everyday life

- Ethical concerns around AI development

- The effects of misusing AIs

- Threats from AIs acting against us

Nigel is a best-selling technology author known for his ability to separate hype from reality, demystify complex topics, and present them in simple terms. He brings this same approach to this book, ensuring you'll learn something new and be better equipped for an AI-driven world.

Unlike many other books, the book's balanced approach doesn't try to tell you what to think. Instead, it presents fascinating facts and examples so that you can form your own opinions and make your own decisions.

Once you pick it up, you won't want to put it down.

About the Author

Nigel Poulton
Nigel Poulton

Nigel Poulton is a best-selling author and video-trainer. He has sold over 1.5 million books and videos helping software engineers and computer scientists learn to use new technologies. He is best known for his ability to demystify and explain complex topics in simple terms.


Before writing books, Nigel deployed and managed cutting-edge internet technologies in some of the most demanding business environments in the world.


He lives in the UK with his wife and three children, where he coaches youth sports and enjoys watching football (soccer) and Formula 1.

Table of Contents

    • Acknowledgments
    • About the author
    • Preface
    • 1. Primer
    • 2. Building advanced AIs
    • 3. Using AI
    • Part 2
    • 4. Humans misusing AIs
    • 5. Rogue AIs
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Glossary
    • Endnotes

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