Artificial Intelligence Basics

1. Front Matter

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2. AI Foundations

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 1-17

3. Data

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 19-38

4. Machine Learning

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 39-67

5. Deep Learning

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 69-90

6. Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 91-102

7. Natural Language Processing (NLP)

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 103-124

8. Physical Robots

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 125-142

9. Implementation of AI

   • Tom Taulli

   Pages 143-159

10. The Future of AI

    • Tom Taulli

    Pages 161-176

11. Back Matter

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Artificial intelligence touches nearly every part of your day. While you may initially assume that technology such as smart speakers and digital assistants are the extent of it, AI has in fact rapidly become a general-purpose technology, reverberating across industries including transportation, healthcare, financial services, and many more. In our modern era, an understanding of AI and its possibilities for your organization is essential for growth and success.

Artificial Intelligence Basics has arrived to equip you with a fundamental, timely grasp of AI and its impact. Author Tom Taulli provides an engaging, non-technical introduction to important concepts such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing (NLP), robotics, and more. In addition to guiding you through real-world case studies and practical implementation steps, Taulli uses his expertise to expand on the bigger questions that surround AI. These include societal trends, ethics, andfuture impact AI will have on world governments, company structures, and daily life.

Google, Amazon, Facebook, and similar tech giants are far from the only organizations on which artificial intelligence has had—and will continue to have—an incredibly significant result. AI is the present and the future of your business as well as your home life. Strengthening your prowess on the subject will prove invaluable to your preparation for the future of tech, and Artificial Intelligence Basics is the indispensable guide that you’ve been seeking.

What You Will Learn

• Study the core principles for AI approaches such as machine learning, deep learning, and NLP (Natural Language Processing)
• Discover the best practices to successfully implement AI by examining case studies including Uber, Facebook, Waymo, UiPath, and Stitch Fix
• Understand how AI capabilities for robots can improve business
• Deploy chatbots and Robotic Processing Automation (RPA) to save costs and improve customer service
• Avoid costly gotchas
• Recognize ethical concerns and other risk factors of using artificial intelligence
• Examine the secular trends and how they may impact your business

Who This Book Is For

Readers without a technical background, such as managers, looking to understand AI to evaluate solutions.

         

            

• Artificial Intelligence
• AI
• Machine learning
• Deep learning
• autonomous vehicles
• Self-driving cars
• Robots
• Natural Language Processing
• NLP
• Python
• TensorFlow

• Monrovia, USA

  Tom Taulli

Tom Taulli has been developing software since the 1980s. In college, he started his first company, which focused on the development of e-learning systems. He created other companies as well, including Hypermart.net that was sold to InfoSpace in 1996. Along the way, Tom has written columns for online publications such as BusinessWeek.com, TechWeb.com, and Bloomberg.com. He also writes posts on Artificial Intelligence for Forbes.com and is the advisor to various companies in the space. You can reach Tom on Twitter (@ttaulli) or through his website (Taulli.com) where he has an online course on AI.

              

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