Artificial Intelligence

Biographical Note: Melanie Mitchell has a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan, where she studied with the cognitive scientist and writer Douglas Hofstadter; together, they created the Copycat program, which makes creative analogies in an idealized world. The author and editor of six books and numerous scholarly papers, she is currently a professor of computer science at Portland State University and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Review Quotes: Mitchell knows what she's talking about. Even better, she's a clear, cogent and interesting writer . . . Artificial Intelligence has significantly improved my knowledge when it comes to automation technology, [but] the greater benefit is that it has also enhanced my appreciation for the complexity and ineffability of human cognition.--John Warner, Chicago Tribune   Without shying away from technical details, this survey provides an accessible course in neural networks, computer vision, and natural-languag