Learn about artificial intelligence (AI); how the research in AI has created, among other things, neural networks, expert systems; offered insight into the human mind, and has raised the question what is it that makes us human.

Beyond calculation: Alan Turing and the birth of artificial intelligence -- Mind in a box: Allen Newell and Herbert Simon explore reasoning and decision making -- I have a little list: John McCartiiy creates tools for AI -- Simulated brains: Marvin Minsky's journey from neural networks to multiple minds -- Harnessing knowledge: Eduard Feigenbaum and expert systems -- Commonsense completer: Douglas Lenat and the Cyc project -- At your service: Paitie Maes and the new breed intelligent agents -- Answering Eliza: Joseph Weizenbaum and the social responsibility of AI -- Philosopher's challenge: Hubert Dreyfus and the assumptions of AI -- When everything changes: Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further resources -- Index.