If you're terrified that artificial intelligence is going to take over the world soon, you clearly haven't asked a computer to write pickup lines, name pets, or do anything else social or creative. Janelle Shane has, and she's the perfect tour guide to explain what machine learning can and can't do - and how it's already affecting your life.
I can't think of a better way to learn about artificial intelligence, and I've never had so much fun along the way -- Adam Grant * New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS *
If you're worried about what AI is doing to the world, this book may not exactly reassure you, but it will definitely equip you with greater understanding in a highly readable manner. Shane's sense of humor and enthusiasm for her topic shine through.
Recommended for anyone who wants to better understand the strengths and limitations of artificial intelligence, but also for anyone who likes watching computers fail hilariously -- Gretchen McCulloch * New York Times bestselling author of Because Internet *
Few recent innovations are so revolutionary as machine learning - and none are so poorly understood by the public, pundits, and policy makers. In
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You, Janelle Shane
delivers a fun, common-sense guide to the technology that's shaping our future -- William Poundstone * author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? *
While everyone else is making questionable predictions about the future of AI,
Janelle Shane cuts through the fog by telling you how AI actually works. And, even better: she makes it fun! -- Zach Weinersmith, creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal * New York Times bestselling author of Soonish *
Machine learning algorithms are becoming more entrenched in our everyday lives, but they're far from perfect. Janelle Shane takes readers on a light-hearted adventure into the world of machine learning in the wild, examining what these algorithms are really learning - and what they're misunderstanding completely.
If you're interested in learning about machine learning and artificial intelligence, trying to understand our robot overlords, or just love weird and interesting science, you can't miss this book -- David Ha, Lead Researcher, Google Brain
This book is scary, not because of how smart AI is, but how weird and too often dysfunctional. If Janelle Shane is a real person, and not some kind of writing robot, she demonstrates the superiority of natural intelligence in the task of making a technical topic
irresistibly funny and compelling -- Roy Peter Clark * author of Writing Tools *
Janelle Shane's goofy experiments with AI reveal a lot about the future. This book will make you laugh, but you'll also get a crash course in how AI works-and why it's not quite ready to take over the world. A delightful way to learn about the technology that's poised to change our lives
-- Annalee Newitz * author of Future of Another Timeline *
Janelle Shane has hit the trifecta -
the most hilarious, educational, and overall best explainer of artificial intelligence ever written (and drawn) -- Eric Topol * author of Deep Medicine *
You Look Like a Thing And I Love You is an incredibly accessible, informative, and (this is equally-important) hilarious look at how the AIs deciding things around us operate. They're not magic, and they're not even that mysterious - but in Janelle Shane's hands, they're hysterical
-- Ryan North * New York Times bestselling author of How to Invent Everything *
Janelle
Shane makes the kind of neural networks that go viral. Her
quirky creations autonomously stumble and grumble ... the output of her networks is
typically silly and charming in equal measure * Slate *
Janelle Shane is quickly becoming
the internet's neural network queen * Nerdist *
An
accessible primer ... illustrated with
charming cartoons,
oddball case studies (self-driving cars in Australia were confused by kangaroos), and
wry observations about the often-hilarious failures of artificial intelligence to comprehend human contexts * Publishers Weekly *
Creative and
hilarious * New York Post *
Janelle Shane of A.I. Weirdness is
awesome * BoingBoing *
