"Artificial intelligence can trounce you at chess, but will mistake a school bus for an ostrich or make bizarre connections between birds and hydrants. Mitchell cuts through the hype that the field of A.I. is often prone to and lays out what it does well, where it fails, and how it might do better." — George Musser , author of Spooky Action at a Distance "The recent resurgence of AI has led to predictions of everything from the end of the world to immortality. Melanie Mitchell's very intelligent, clear and sensible book is a welcome corrective to the exagerated fears and hopes for AI, and the perfect primer to start understanding how the systems actually work." — Alison Gopnik , author of The Philosophical Baby
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