Any recommendations for an Artificial Intelligence textbook?

[gopunk]

i'd like to read one, but the one i got (artificial intelligence: a modern approach, by russell) is kind of... well... boring are there any that are a little more vibrant perhaps? like more color pictures and easy-to-understand wording? i know, i'm dumb, but color pictures help keep my interest

 

[UglyCasanova]

Let's see. I had one lying around here with some great actoin sequences and explosions if yours is too boring. Lemme see if I can find it...

 

[MSantiago]

We used the Russell/Norvig AI book here at UCI. Dry, dry, dry stuff. I stuck it out and just did the assigned reading. It was downright boring, but I can't really see an entertaining way to present all that stuff. Perceptrons and neural nets really aren't that exciting. Our teacher was a cool guy and his lectures made the class bearable.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Try this

 

[gopunk]

bump

 

[Descartes]

Color pictures for AI? What do you expect to see, pictures of software and/or robotics?

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Color pictures for AI? What do you expect to see, pictures of software and/or robotics?

well... yea

i just want an easier to follow book

 

[gopunk]

bump for others with the same question.

i got "Artificial Intelligence" by patrick henry winston (MIT fame). it is so much better... i stayed up 2 more hours than i would have last night, reading this text.

 

[Placer14]

"Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep" Good fiction with the same theme. Later adapted to the movie Blade Runner. Good flick too. Especially when those two girls start kissing...and.........just read the book.

 

[Red Dawn]

Any Rush Limbaugh Book should do.

 

[Jfur]

Do you just want conceptual overview or are you learning LISP?

 

[Jfur]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Any Rush Limbaugh Book should do.

I'd still resist using the second term to describe that entity

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Jfur
Do you just want conceptual overview or are you learning LISP?

well, i'm not learning lisp just looking for intro to AI for now.... once i finish this textbook (winston), i may have some more specific areas in mind. i'm a new fan of winston