Artificial Intelligence


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Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we live, work, wage war, play, seek a mate, educate our young, and care for our elderly. It is likely to greatly increase our aggregate wealth, but it will also upend our labor markets, reshuffle our social order, and strain our private and public institutions. Eventually it may alter how we see our place in the universe, as machines pursue goals independent of their creators and outperform us in domains previously believed to be the sole dominion of humans. Whether we regard them as conscious or unwitting, revere them as a new form of life or dismiss them as mere clever appliances, is beside the point. They are likely to play an increasingly critical and intimate role in many aspects of our lives. The emergence of systems capable of independent reasoning and action raises serious questions about just whose interests they are permitted to serve, and what limits our society should place on their creation and use. Deep ethical questions that have bedeviled philosophers for ages will suddenly arrive on the steps of our courthouses. Can a machine be held accountable for its actions? Should intelligent systems enjoy independent rights and responsibilities, or are they simple property? Who should be held responsible when a self-driving car kills a pedestrian? Can your personal robot hold your place in line, or be compelled to testify against you? If it turns out to be possible to upload your mind into a machine, is that still you? The answers may surprise you.




AI for Everyone?


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We are entering a new era of technological determinism and solutionism in which governments and business actors are seeking data-driven change, assuming that Artificial Intelligence is now inevitable and ubiquitous. But we have not even started asking the right questions, let alone developed an understanding of the consequences. Urgently needed is debate that asks and answers fundamental questions about power. This book brings together critical interrogations of what constitutes AI, its impact and its inequalities in order to offer an analysis of what it means for AI to deliver benefits for everyone. The book is structured in three parts: Part 1, AI: Humans vs. Machines, presents critical perspectives on human-machine dualism. Part 2, Discourses and Myths About AI, excavates metaphors and policies to ask normative questions about what is ‘desirable’ AI and what conditions make this possible. Part 3, AI Power and Inequalities, discusses how the implementation of AI creates important challenges that urgently need to be addressed. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and regional contexts, this book offers a vital intervention on one of the most hyped concepts of our times.




Machine Learning with Python for Everyone


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The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Understanding and Building Machine Learning Systems with Python Machine Learning with Python for Everyone will help you master the processes, patterns, and strategies you need to build effective learning systems, even if you’re an absolute beginner. If you can write some Python code, this book is for you, no matter how little college-level math you know. Principal instructor Mark E. Fenner relies on plain-English stories, pictures, and Python examples to communicate the ideas of machine learning. Mark begins by discussing machine learning and what it can do; introducing key mathematical and computational topics in an approachable manner; and walking you through the first steps in building, training, and evaluating learning systems. Step by step, you’ll fill out the components of a practical learning system, broaden your toolbox, and explore some of the field’s most sophisticated and exciting techniques. Whether you’re a student, analyst, scientist, or hobbyist, this guide’s insights will be applicable to every learning system you ever build or use. Understand machine learning algorithms, models, and core machine learning concepts Classify examples with classifiers, and quantify examples with regressors Realistically assess performance of machine learning systems Use feature engineering to smooth rough data into useful forms Chain multiple components into one system and tune its performance Apply machine learning techniques to images and text Connect the core concepts to neural networks and graphical models Leverage the Python scikit-learn library and other powerful tools Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.







Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch


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Deep learning is often viewed as the exclusive domain of math PhDs and big tech companies. But as this hands-on guide demonstrates, programmers comfortable with Python can achieve impressive results in deep learning with little math background, small amounts of data, and minimal code. How? With fastai, the first library to provide a consistent interface to the most frequently used deep learning applications. Authors Jeremy Howard and Sylvain Gugger, the creators of fastai, show you how to train a model on a wide range of tasks using fastai and PyTorch. You’ll also dive progressively further into deep learning theory to gain a complete understanding of the algorithms behind the scenes. Train models in computer vision, natural language processing, tabular data, and collaborative filtering Learn the latest deep learning techniques that matter most in practice Improve accuracy, speed, and reliability by understanding how deep learning models work Discover how to turn your models into web applications Implement deep learning algorithms from scratch Consider the ethical implications of your work Gain insight from the foreword by PyTorch cofounder, Soumith Chintala




Artificial Intelligence


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Melanie Mitchell separates science fact from science fiction in this sweeping examination of the current state of AI 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. In Artificial Intelligence, Mitchell turns to the most urgent questions concerning AI today: How intelligent—really—are the best AI programs? How do they work? What can they actually do, and when do they fail? How humanlike do we expect them to become, and how soon do we need to worry about them surpassing us? Along the way, she introduces the dominant models of modern AI and machine learning, describing cutting-edge AI programs, their human inventors, and the historical lines of thought underpinning recent achievements. She meets with fellow experts such as Douglas Hofstadter, the cognitive scientist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the modern classic Gödel, Escher, Bach, who explains why he is “terrified” about the future of AI. She explores the profound disconnect between the hype and the actual achievements in AI, providing a clear sense of what the field has accomplished and how much further it has to go. Interweaving stories about the science of AI and the people behind it, Artificial Intelligence brims with clear-sighted, captivating, and accessible accounts of the most interesting and provocative modern work in the field, flavored with Mitchell’s humor and personal observations. This frank, lively book is an indispensable guide to understanding today’s AI, its quest for “human-level” intelligence, and its impact on the future for us all.




Demystifying Artificial intelligence


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Learn AI & Machine Learning from the first principles. KEY FEATURESÊÊ _ Explore how different industries are using AI and ML for diverse use-cases. _ Learn core concepts of Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and NLP in an easy and intuitive manner. _ Cutting-edge coverage on use of ML for business products and services. _ Explore how different companies are monetizing AI and ML technologies. _ Learn how you can start your own journey in the AI field from scratch. DESCRIPTION AI and machine learning (ML) are probably the most fascinating technologies of the 21st century. AI is literally in every industry now. From medical to climate change, education to sport, finance to entertainment, AI is disrupting every industry as we know. So, the basic knowledge of AI/ML becomes mandatory for everyone. This book is your first step to start the journey in this field. Along with basic concepts of fields, like machine learning, deep learning and NLP, we will also explore how big companies are using these technologies to deliver greater user experience and earning millions of dollars in profit. Also, we will see how the owners of small- or medium-sized businesses can leverage and integrate these technologies with their products and services. Leveraging AI and ML can become that competitive moat which can differentiate the product from others. In this book, you will learn the root concepts of AI/ML and how these inanimate machines can actually become smarter than the humans at a few tasks, and how companies are using AI and how you can leverage AI to earn profits. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Ê _ Core concepts of data science, machine learning, deep learning and NLP in simple and intuitive words. _ How you can leverage and integrate AI technologies in your business to differentiate your product in the market. _ The limitations of traditional non-tech businesses and how AI can bridge those gaps to increase revenues and decrease costs. _ How AI can help companies in launching new products, improving existing ones and automating mundane processes. _ Explore how big tech companies are using AI to automate different tasks and providing unique product experiences to their users. WHO THIS BOOK IS FORÊÊ This book is for anyone who is curious about this fascinating technology and how it really works at its core. It is also beneficial to those who want to start their career in AI/ ML. TABLE OF CONTENTSÊ 1. Introduction 2. Going deeper in ML concepts 3. Business perspective of AI 4. How to get started and pitfalls to avoid




Artificial Intelligence for All


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Artificial Intelligence, the Revolutionary Transformation that no one can escape KEY FEATURES Provides perfect 'playground' for enterprises and institutions globally to develop Artificial Intelligence solutionsThe world has achieved an enormous amount of technological advancement and skyrocketing progress in mass Digitization, Data Science, and FinTechThe gist of the golden era of AI and FinTechAI-powered autonomous vehicles are undoubtedly the future. Autonomous vehicles are the dawn of a whole new lifestyleUsing Artificial Intelligence to redefine their products, processes and strategies Providing banking and financial services to the customers through a variety of digital channelsA preliminary guide for enterprises and businesses to revisit their AI strategy DESCRIPTION The book 'Artificial Intelligence for All' is a snapshot of AI applications in different industries, society, and everyday life. The book is written considering possibilities AI can bring in the Indian context and considering Indian industries and economy at the center stage. The book starts with describing the race for the supremacy of different countries in the field of Artificial Intelligence that has already taken a great momentum and how AI has managed to influence even mainstream politics and the world leaders. In the subsequent chapters, the book brings in AI applications primarily in the Banking and Finance sectors like Financial Crime detection using AI, Credit Risk Assessment, AI-powered conversational banking, Predictive Analytics, and recommendations in Banking and Finance. In few of the chapters, it goes deep into Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Network and analogy with the human brain for readers who wants to go deeper into the subject, at the same time the content and explanations remain very simple for non-technical readers.How AI is powering the self-driving autonomous vehicles and its implication in the society, job, and the world economy, and it's transforming the world of home automation, will be another area of interest in the book. A full chapter is dedicated for CIOs and CTOs to consider AI top in their priority list. Applications of AI in Sports are going to be interesting for sports lovers as well as professionals working in the Sports and Computer Games domain.The book also gives special emphasis on Conversational AI like Virtual Assistances and ChatBots and their utility in different sectors. A chapter dedicated for healthcare and medicine provides a complete overview of AI applications in the field and how it's transforming clinical imaging, personalized medicines, drug discovery, and predictions and forecasting health-related events and many more.Cognitive Cyber Security using AI and Machine Learning would be an area of interest for the readers in the field of Cyber Security. The chapter talks about various modern cognitive cybersecurity tools and techniques to fight with the ever-evolving cybercrime space. 'Journey of a Digital Traveler' describes how AI is transforming the travel and tourism industry.The book also includes top 100 business use cases which illustrate possible applications in various fields. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN This book is for both technical and non-technical readers, a cutting edge technology like Artificial Intelligence is simplified for all and a genuine effort has been made to democratize it as much as possible. The book will provide insights into the real applications of AI in different industries like health care and medicine, banking and finance, manufacturing, retail, sports, and many more, including how it's transforming our life which probably many of us are not even aware of. And most importantly how a country like India can be benefitted by embracing this groundbreaking technology and the huge opportunities and economic impact that AI can bring. Also, you will get to know how different countries like USA, CHINA, UK, EUROPE, RUSSIA, including INDIA is already in the race of being AI Superpower; because AI is the future and whoever becomes the leader in AI will become the ruler of the world. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is useful for AI Professionals, Data Scientists......The content of the book is for both Technical and Non Technical readers who wants to know the applications of AI in different industries.No prior technical or programming experience is required to understand this book.This book can be used as a hand book for Data Scientist and Business SMEs who are in the process of identifying different use cases of Artificial Intelligence in their respective domains. TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Super Powers of AI - The Leaders and the Contenders 2. AI - The Core Fabric for NextGen Banking 3. How an AI Framework can be a Game-Changer in Your AI Journey 4. Artificial Neural Networks 5. The Next Wave of Automation will Transform our Living Experience 6. Self-Driving Cars - Socio Economic Impact of Autonomous Vehicles 7. How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the BFSI Sector 438. AI Now is a Race Among Startups and Tech Giants 9. AI in the top of priorities for CIOs and CTOs10. AI in Sports11. How a Country can be Transformed Using Artificial Intelligence12. Don't Underestimate the Power of an AI Chatbot 13. Industry Adoption of Cognitive and Artificial Intelligence 14. Artificial Intelligence - The Biggest Disruptor in the BFSI Industry15. AI in Healthcare16. AI in Cyber Security - Cognitive Cyber Defense17. Be Aware of Cyber Threat 18. AI Revolution in India - National Strategy for AI19. AI in Tour and Travels - Journey of a Digital Traveler 20. Top 100 Business Use Cases of Artificial Intelligence21. T Impact of Modern Automation on Employment




Artificial Intelligence with Python


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Build real-world Artificial Intelligence applications with Python to intelligently interact with the world around you About This Book Step into the amazing world of intelligent apps using this comprehensive guide Enter the world of Artificial Intelligence, explore it, and create your own applications Work through simple yet insightful examples that will get you up and running with Artificial Intelligence in no time Who This Book Is For This book is for Python developers who want to build real-world Artificial Intelligence applications. This book is friendly to Python beginners, but being familiar with Python would be useful to play around with the code. It will also be useful for experienced Python programmers who are looking to use Artificial Intelligence techniques in their existing technology stacks. What You Will Learn Realize different classification and regression techniques Understand the concept of clustering and how to use it to automatically segment data See how to build an intelligent recommender system Understand logic programming and how to use it Build automatic speech recognition systems Understand the basics of heuristic search and genetic programming Develop games using Artificial Intelligence Learn how reinforcement learning works Discover how to build intelligent applications centered on images, text, and time series data See how to use deep learning algorithms and build applications based on it In Detail Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly relevant in the modern world where everything is driven by technology and data. It is used extensively across many fields such as search engines, image recognition, robotics, finance, and so on. We will explore various real-world scenarios in this book and you'll learn about various algorithms that can be used to build Artificial Intelligence applications. During the course of this book, you will find out how to make informed decisions about what algorithms to use in a given context. Starting from the basics of Artificial Intelligence, you will learn how to develop various building blocks using different data mining techniques. You will see how to implement different algorithms to get the best possible results, and will understand how to apply them to real-world scenarios. If you want to add an intelligence layer to any application that's based on images, text, stock market, or some other form of data, this exciting book on Artificial Intelligence will definitely be your guide! Style and approach This highly practical book will show you how to implement Artificial Intelligence. The book provides multiple examples enabling you to create smart applications to meet the needs of your organization. In every chapter, we explain an algorithm, implement it, and then build a smart application.




AI for Everyone: benefitting from and building trust in the technology


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If governed adequately, AI (artificial intelligence) has the potential to benefit humankind enormously. However, if mismanaged, it also has the potential to harm humanity catastrophically. The title of this book reflects the belief that access to the benefits of AI, awareness about the nature of the technology, governance of the technology and its development process with a focus on responsible development, should be transparent, open, understood by and accessible to all people regardless of their geographic, generational, economic, cultural and/or other social background. The book is the result of a discussion series organized by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) which was financially supported by Google.