The Road to Conscious Machines

'A terrific book - essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence.'
Professor Sir Adrian Smith Director and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing Institute

'Calm, informative and refreshingly free of hype, Wooldridge's effortlessly readable book is the perfect guide to the history and future of AI.'
Tom Chivers author of The AI Does Not Hate You

'Nobody understands the past, the present, the promise and the peril of this new technology better than Michael Wooldridge. The definitive account of the new AI'
Matt Ridley author of The Rational Optimist

Takes us expertly by the hand through the labyrinth of Artificial Intelligence. A penetrating and lucid contribution to our digital understanding, which dispels many of the myths surrounding AI. Authoritative but accessible and highly readable.
Lord Clement-Jones CBE Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence 2017-2018

In the long and often frustrating quest for artificial intelligence, something spectacular has happened in the past decade. Nobody understands the past, the present, the promise and the peril of this new technology better than Michael Wooldridge. He has written the definitive account of the new AI.
Lord Matt Ridley, author of 'The Rational Optimist' and 'The Evolution of Everything'

The buzz around AI has unearthed many questions and in The Road to Conscious Machines you get answers.
Tabitha Goldstaub co-founder of CognitionX and Chair of the UK Government's AI Council

In an age when AI is promoted as either the greatest threat or best hope for humanity, Wooldridge gives us a text that is accessible and authoritative. A balanced and informed view of the decades-long history of AI, its methods and techniques, achievements and shortfalls.
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford