Artificial Intelligence by Melanie Mitchell | Book Club

Full Title: Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
Host Denise W.
Suggested by: Brandon W.
Pages to read: 249
ISBN: 9780374257835 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780374715236 (Edition Eugene is using)

Goodreads Summary (short):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43565360-artificial-intelligence

A sweeping examination of the current state of artificial intelligence and how it is remaking our world

No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence. The award-winning author Melanie Mitchell, a leading computer scientist, now reveals AI’s turbulent history and the recent spate of apparent successes, grand hopes, and emerging fears surrounding it.

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:

•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?

1. BACKGROUND

• How does symbolic AI differ from subsymbolic AI?
• Why was Hofstadter terrified about AI?
• Can AI compose music? Was it good?
• What is Kurzweil's view of AI and will our society reach singularity?
• What is Turing test and can AI pass it?

2. LOOKING & SEEING

• What is current state of AI in computer vision?
• What are AI methodology advancements in imagine recognition?
• Why is "Easy Things Are Hard"?
• What is GPU and how does it advance AI?
• What is the long-tail problem?
• How does "adversarial learning" impact AI?
• What is "Clever Hans"?
• Should we be concerned with bias embedded in AI?
• Does "AI is the new electricity" ease our concerns?
• What are Asimov's "Fundamental Rules of Robotics"?

3. LEARNING TO PLAY

• How does Aibo the robotic dog learn?
• What are AI methodologies in gaming and learning?
• Who won in the Go match: Lee Sedol vs Google's AlphaGo?
• How did Deep Blue beat chess grandmaster Kasparov?

4. NATURAL LANGUAGE

• How did AI respond to the restaurant story?
• What are applications of AI in language?
• What are AI methodologies and breakthroughs in this field?
• How does machine compare to a 4-year old in language learning?
• How did Watson fare in Jeopardy! game?
• What is Winograd schema?

5. BARRIERS OF MEANING

• How do humans come about "common sense"?
• Why is metaphor important?
• What is Bongard problem?
• What are the 6 levels of self driving car? Which level is our current state at?

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