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AI futures: fact and fantasy

Published: 22 September 2021 Publication History

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Three books offer varied perspectives on the ascendancy of artificial intelligence.

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Walsh, T. Android Dreams: The Past, the Present and the Future of Artificial Intelligence. C. Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2017.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 64, Issue 10
October 2021
89 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3487943
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Published: 22 September 2021
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