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Babbage: The science that built the AI revolution—part one

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Exploring the Foundations of AI Through Human Intelligence

This chapter explores the origins of artificial intelligence and its deep relationship with human intelligence. It highlights how the understanding of the human brain has shaped the development of AI technologies, including neural networks and generative models.

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