A review of

Genius Makers

The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World

Cade Metz • Dutton • 2021

The review below was first published in the getAbstract Journal on Oct 11, 2022.
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AI Evolution

by David Meyer

New York Times technology reporter Cade Metz presents the evolution of AI through the brilliant personalities who developed it.

Cade Metz, technology reporter for The New York Times, offers a historical overview of artificial intelligence, full of intriguing characters, technological breakthroughs and occasional dead ends. Metz discusses deep learning, China’s determination to be the supreme power in AI and concerns regarding intelligent machines.

Neural Networks

Researchers assumed that by emulating brain function, computers could learn to identify objects and understand spoken language.

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