Humans do some
things very well, creativity is a particularly human ability.
Artificial Intelligence using computer based technology is much more
proficient at handling large data sets. The thesis of this book is
that combining the two can produce a breakthrough in problem solving
and invention. Machine learning, the current focus of AI research, is
important, but it isn’t the whole picture. Add in humans and
capabilities are enhanced beyond what each type of intelligence can
do alone.
The author does an
excellent job reviewing the status of AI research. It’s a chapter
worth reading. The chapter on the psychology of how humans learn and
solve problems is equally well done. These chapters form the basis of
the rest of the book with presents a way forward in combing these two
forms of intelligence.
The book is very
readable. Technical material is presented with illustrations to make
the points easily accessible to the lay reader. I enjoyed the ending
chapters where Bates presents ideas for hybrid solutions where human
and artificial intelligence are combined. I highly recommend this
book. It will give you something to think about.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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