Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms: Jeff Heaton: 9781493682225: Amazon.com: Books

This book claims to be an overview of artificial intelligence, but it's not; it's an overview of machine learning. It's true that machine learning is a hot topic within AI just now, but it's hardly taken over the field, nor has it rendered all other methods obsolete. But, if you just want an informal introduction to the basic forms of machine learning, it's short and easy to read. The rubber never quite meets the road, but if all you need is the basic concepts, it's not a bad start. It does, however, contain errors that really should have been caught prior to publication. In addition to the errors mentioned by another reviewer, the references to equations 10.2 through 10.4 are wrong, and the description of the logistic function shown in Figure 10.3 doesn't match the function shown.