In this exciting era, artificial intelligence surrounds us everywhere, touching our lives in homes, schools and workplaces, and even infiltrating cinemas, art galleries and the Internet world. Its applications constitute an invaluable effect on our daily life, and they play a major role in understanding biologists, psychologists and linguists of memory, learning and language processes from a new perspective. This exciting book of the "Scientific Views" series takes us on a journey through the history of artificial intelligence, reviewing its successes, borders and future goals. It also sheds light on the related philosophical and technological challenges, and discusses the issue of whether the programs are really smart and conscious, and highlights how artificial intelligence contributed to estimating the splendor of human and animal minds. The book reviews the concerns associated with the future of artificial intelligence and wondering whether it will remain a servant of humanity or may turn into a reason to destroy it.

جوناثان كيه فوستر: عالم وأستاذ في مجال علم النفس العصبي السريري وعلم الأعصاب السلوكي، يشغل حاليًّا مناصب متعددة؛ من بينها زميل أبحاث أول في علم الأعصاب المعرفي بجامعة «إديث كوان» بأستراليا، وأستاذ أبحاث في علم النفس العصبي بجامعة غرب أستراليا، لديه عيادة طبية قائمة تقدم استشارات لمرضى فقدان الذاكرة ومن يعانون أنواعًا أخرى من الخلل الإدراكي.