Artificial Intelligence
Building Smarter Machines
In 2011 a computer named Watson outscored two human competitors on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! and snagged the million-dollar prize. Watson isn’t the only machine keeping up with humans. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming, with drones, robots, and computers handling tasks that once only humans could perform.
Such advances raise challenging questions. Do Watson and other computers really think? Can machines acquire self-awareness? Is AI a promising or a dangerous technology? No machine, not even Watson, yet comes close to matching human intelligence, but many scientists believe it is only a matter of time before we reach this milestone. What will such a future look like?
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978-1-5124-6782-6
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$40.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 6 - Grade 12 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 8 |
| Genre | Science, Young Adult |
| Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Technology |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Twenty-First Century Books ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 104 |
| Publication Date | 2017-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 11.6 |
| Text Type | Informational/Explanatory |
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| BISACS | YAN055040, YAN050100 |
| Dewey | 006.3 |
| Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
| Lexile | 1170 |
| ATOS Reading Level | 8.6 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 190013 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 4.0 |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Reviewed, Sidebars, Source notes, and Websites |
Author: Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Stephanie Sammartino McPherson wrote her first children's story in college. She enjoyed the process so much that she's never stopped writing. A former teacher and freelance newspaper writer, she has written more than thirty books and numerous magazine stories. Her recent books include Hothouse Earth: The Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality, winner of the Green Earth Book Award for young adult nonfiction, and Breakthrough: Katalin Karikó and the mRNA Vaccine. Stephanie and her husband, Richard, live in Virginia.
Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
Reviews
School Library Journal
“An excellent addition to collections eager to encourage STEM conversations.”—School Library Journal
Booklist
“McPherson’s straightforward, accessible text offers fascinating, thought-provoking, and up-to-date information on a high-interest, very relevant topic to contemporary teens.”—Booklist