The Intelligent Neural Network. How Artificial Intelligence Masters Human Skills, Creates, Thinks, and Learns

Our biological species has an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand, and transform the very essence of humanity. These works are manifestations of what Marcus du Sautoy calls the "code of creativity." However, the latest advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning are on the verge of enabling machines to understand what it means to be human—decoding our "code." Will the new means of AI open up other possibilities for creativity? Will this new technology lead to works of art being created not only by humans? In his book, the renowned British mathematician and science communicator Marcus du Sautoy examines what such innovations might lead to in both artistic creativity and in his own field, mathematics. From the Turing test to the AlphaGo algorithm, the author explores a diverse range of materials to investigate whether there are limits to what algorithms can achieve, or whether they are capable of indistinguishable imitation of human creativity. "Artificial intelligence challenges the very foundations of our existence, demonstrating how much of what humans do, machines can do just as well, if not better. But this book is not so much about a future with driverless cars and computerized medicine, but rather about whether algorithms can compete with the power of the human code."