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very funny! great for anyone interested in ai and wondering if ittle take over the world

Informative and funny, such an amazing read.
This is a great book for anyone that is interested in AI. Highly recommend it!


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A fantastic look at AI & ML from a blogger who does a variety of AI projects. Excellent discussion of the limitations and applications of the state of AI as of 2019. Writing is funny and clear. Points are made in an organized and thoughtful manner. All around a great read

I think the book is slightly limited because a) the industry is moving at the pace of a cheetah on adderall and b) the author is using mostly a homemade approach to her programming, it seemed like most of her projects were done on her personal pc vs a commercial or research application of the technology on much larger servers.

This is the book I would recommend to anyone and everyone interested in the space.

I laughed so hard, and I learned so much about AI! I recommend this book whole-heartedly.

While I'm a mathematician and not a computer scientist, I was familiar with some of the concepts this book covered, especially neural networks. I wasn't expecting to learn much, but I did value Shane's coverage of what problems AI is poorly suited to solve. There's also a ton of cute cartoons and some very silly applications of AI (e.g., create good heavy metal band names).

But, I found the book repetitive, especially near the end, and a bit too reliant on its sense of the absurd. It's probably a good introduction to AI issues for these new to the topic, but I would have preferred a more robust take.
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