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From: ntm1169@dsac.dla.mil (Mott Given)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: How to start
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Date: 2 Apr 91 17:09:58 GMT
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From article <91.087.08:16:53@mute.ruhr.de>, by frank@mute.ruhr.de (Frank Huemme):
> hello,
> whats a good starting point to learn something about AI. I want to do
> learning by doing, so the tools the author use in the book ? should be
> freely avaible for a unix-system.

    Are you interested in AI as a whole, or some particular aspect of it
    such as robotics, or neural networks, or expert systems.  "AI" encompasses
    over 100 subject areas.  If you want a short intro to AI, you could
    look at the Time-Life book (in their series of books on computers)
    called "Artificial Intelligence," which has many nice illustrations and
    graphics as their books generally do.  If you want a more detailed
    general introduction, I would suggest the 4 volume "Handbook of
    Artificial Intelligence."  

    If you are interested in expert systems, I would suggest "Crafting
    Knowledge-Based Systems" by John Walters.

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