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How Do Machines Think? : Artificial Intelligence Explained to Kids (and to Anyone Who Never Dared to Ask)
Overview
But how does it do that?
A friend gets a computer to draw a dragon. A voice assistant answers a question. An app spots your cat in a thousand photos. It looks like magic, but it isn't. In this book you'll find out, step by step and in everyday words, how machines think (and how they don't). Together with Bit, a paper robot as curious as you are, you'll see that inside artificial intelligence there are no spells, only ideas, and that every idea can be understood. What you'll learn- What artificial intelligence really is (and what it is NOT)
- What an algorithm is, and why computers only understand numbers
- How machines learn from examples, from trial and error, and from mistakes
- How neural networks work, explained with knobs, recipes, and games
- How chatbots answer questions and how AI draws, composes, and invents
- Why AI gets things wrong, what data bias is, and how to use AI with your thinking cap on
- 15 chapters to read in order, like the steps of a staircase
- Games and experiments to do with paper and pencil: no computer needed
- Fun facts, "magic words," a glossary, and a big final quiz with answers
- A diploma to fill in, all your own
- A guide for parents, grandparents, and teachers with conversation starters for every chapter
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798162586845
- ISBN-10: 9798162586845
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.42 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 200
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