The author and publisher wish to thank Dr. Maria Gini, CSE Distinguished Professor of
Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, for her assistance with
this manuscript. The author also thanks Peg Goldstein and Domenica Di Piazza for expert
editorial guidance and support and Richard McPherson for encouragement and help.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino, author.
Title: Artificial intelligence : building smarter machines / by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson.
Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2017] | Audience: Ages 13–18. |
Audience: Grades 9–12. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016034037 (print) | LCCN 2016051146 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512418262
(lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512448627 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Artificial intelligence—Juvenile literature. | Artificial intelligence—History—
Juvenile literature. | Artificial intelligence—Technological innovations—Juvenile literature. |
Conscious automata—Juvenile literature. | Robots—Control—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC Q335.4 .M387 2017 (print) | LCC Q335.4 (ebook) | DDC 006.3—dc23
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For my husband, Richard
