The quest for artificial intelligence
"Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field within computer science that is attempting to build enhanced intelligence into computer systems. This book traces the history of the subject, from the early dreams of eighteenth-century (and earlier) pioneers to the more successful work of today's AI engineers."--Jacket.
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What Hacker News says
- Have you read 'The Quest for Artificial Intelligence' by Nils J. Nilsson? I think it gives a good overview of development of AI upto 2000s.
- Two on AI history:
Pamela McCorduck's Machines Who Think, either the 1979 original edition, or the 2004 2nd ed, which adds a 100-page afterword covering 1979–2004.
Nils Nilsson's The Quest for Artificial Intelligence (2009).
They have somewhat different styles and focuses. McCorduck is a writer (of popular science and sci-fi), while Nilsson was an AI researcher. Which isn't to say that McCorduck lacks knowledge about AI or that Nilsson can't write, but their backgrounds are noticeable in how the books are organized and written.
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