TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Look Closely 4 CHAPTER 1 From Turing to Today 7 CHAPTER 2 Roadblocks to Future Al 15 CHAPTER 3 Be Bold 20 CHAPTER 4 Friend or Foe 27 Glossary 30 Index 31
INTRODUCTION LOOK CLOSELY Soldiers recover from influenza at a camp in Kansas in 1918 The world has suffered two deadly illnesses in just one over hundred years An outbreak of influenza or the flu began in 1918 during World World I 1914 1918 It likely started in the United States then spread worldwide More than one hundred years later in 2019 the world faced a new
challenge COVID-19 COVID-19 may have begun in China but like the flu it spread around the world quickly Each pandemic lasted over two years and millions of people died Many things were similar about these two outbreaks But there was one big difference between them In 1918 no vaccines protecting against the flu existed It took almost thirty years before a flu vaccine was made The first COVID-19 vaccines were released in December 2020 less than one year from the start of the pandemic
