"Recognized national AI expert, and the US Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Michael Kanaan weaves an intriguing new spin on our history of innovation and technology to masterfully explain what each of us should know about modern computing, AI, and machine learning"-- Provided by publisher.

Setting the stage --In the beginning... -- Too many numbers to count -- Secret origins of modern computing -- Unifying the languages of men and machines -- Consciousness and other brain-to-computer comparisons -- Games matter -- A deluge of data -- Mimicking the mind -- Bias in the machine -- From robots to bots -- Moments that awaken nations -- China's expanding sphere -- Russian disruption -- Democratic ideals in an AI world -- A computer's conclusion.