Artificial Intelligence

This publication provides readers with an introductory overview of artificial intelligence. Attempts are made towards understanding knowledge, automated planning and scheduling, machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, computer vision, speech recognition, affective computing and computational creativity. The characteristics and intensity of artificial intelligence, cybernetics and computational neuroscience are discussed. Focus lies on evolutionary computation, logic programming, automated reasoning, intelligent control, AI in fiction, ethics of AI, trans-humanism and technological singularity. Contents: Artificial Intelligence: An Introductory Overview; Towards Understanding Knowledge, Automated Planning and Scheduling, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing; Focus on Robotics, Computer Vision, Speech Recognition, Affective Computing and Computational Creativity; Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics and Computational Neuroscience: Characteristics and Intensity; Focus on Evolutionary Computation, Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning; Focus on Bayesian and Neural Networks, Markov Model, Connectionism and Decision, Utility and Control Theories.