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THE FUTURE IS HERE: SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE ON THE STREETS, AN ALGORITHM GIVES YOU MOVIE AND TV RECOMMENDATIONS, IBM'S WATSON TRIUMPHED ON JEOPARDY OVER PUNY HUMAN BRAINS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS CAN BE TRAINED TO PLAY ATARI GAMES. BUT HOW DO ALL THESE THINGS WORK? IN THIS BOOK, SEAN GERRISH OFFERS AN ENGAGING AND ACCESSIBLE OVERVIEW OF THE BREAKTHROUGHS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING THAT HAVE MADE TODAY'S MACHINES SO SMART.