, THE PS YCHOLOGY O F
A RTI F ICIAL INTELLIG E N CE
What is Artificial Intelligence? How will AI impact society? Is AI more
powerful than human intelligence?
The Psychology of AI explores all aspects of the psychology-AI
relationship, asking how closely AI can resemble humans and
whether this means they could have some form of self-awareness. It
considers how AI systems have been modelled on human intelligence
and the similarities between brains and computers, along with the
current limitations of AI and how these could be overcome in the
future. It also looks at how people interact with AI in their everyday
lives, exploring some of the ethical and societal risks, such as bias in
AI algorithms and the consequences for our long-term future if AIs
surpass humans in important ways.
As AI continues to break new milestones, The Psychology of AI
answers key questions about what it really means to be human and
how AI will impact our lives in every way, now and into the future.
Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of
Sheffield, UK. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning and is a Fellow
of the British Psychological Society. He is the lead editor of Living
Machines: A Handbook of Research in Biomimetics and Biohybrid Systems (OUP,
2018) and Scholarpedia of Touch (Springer, 2017). He has authored over
two hundred and fifty articles and conference papers in the areas
of psychology, computational neuroscience, robotics, and machine
learning.
,THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYTHING
People are fascinated by psychology, and what makes humans tick.
Why do we think and behave the way we do? We’ve all met armchair
psychologists claiming to have the answers, and people that ask if
psychologists can tell what they’re thinking. The Psychology of Everything is
a series of books which debunk the popular myths and pseudo-
science surrounding some of life’s biggest questions.
The series explores the hidden psychological factors that drive us,
from our subconscious desires and aversions, to our natural social
instincts. Absorbing, informative, and always intriguing, each book
is written by an expert in the field, examining how research-based
knowledge compares with popular wisdom, and showing how
psychology can truly enrich our understanding of modern life.
Applying a psychological lens to an array of topics and contemporary
concerns—from sex, to fashion, to conspiracy theories—The Psychology
of Everything will make you look at everything in a new way.
Titles in the series:
The Psychology of Attachment The Psychology of Vaccination
by Robbie Duschinsky, Pehr Granqvist and by Olivier Klein and Vincent Yzerbyt
Tommie Forslund
The Psychology of Memory
The Psychology of Running by Megan Sumeracki and Althea Need
by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday Kaminske
The Psychology of the Teenage The Psychology of Artificial
Brain Intelligence
by John Coleman by Tony Prescott
The Psychology of Time
by Richard Gross
For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge
textbooks.com/textbooks/thepsychologyofeverything/
, THE PSYC HOLOGY
O F A RTI FI CIAL
IN T E LLI GENCE
TO N Y P R ESCOT T
A RTI F ICIAL INTELLIG E N CE
What is Artificial Intelligence? How will AI impact society? Is AI more
powerful than human intelligence?
The Psychology of AI explores all aspects of the psychology-AI
relationship, asking how closely AI can resemble humans and
whether this means they could have some form of self-awareness. It
considers how AI systems have been modelled on human intelligence
and the similarities between brains and computers, along with the
current limitations of AI and how these could be overcome in the
future. It also looks at how people interact with AI in their everyday
lives, exploring some of the ethical and societal risks, such as bias in
AI algorithms and the consequences for our long-term future if AIs
surpass humans in important ways.
As AI continues to break new milestones, The Psychology of AI
answers key questions about what it really means to be human and
how AI will impact our lives in every way, now and into the future.
Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of
Sheffield, UK. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning and is a Fellow
of the British Psychological Society. He is the lead editor of Living
Machines: A Handbook of Research in Biomimetics and Biohybrid Systems (OUP,
2018) and Scholarpedia of Touch (Springer, 2017). He has authored over
two hundred and fifty articles and conference papers in the areas
of psychology, computational neuroscience, robotics, and machine
learning.
,THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYTHING
People are fascinated by psychology, and what makes humans tick.
Why do we think and behave the way we do? We’ve all met armchair
psychologists claiming to have the answers, and people that ask if
psychologists can tell what they’re thinking. The Psychology of Everything is
a series of books which debunk the popular myths and pseudo-
science surrounding some of life’s biggest questions.
The series explores the hidden psychological factors that drive us,
from our subconscious desires and aversions, to our natural social
instincts. Absorbing, informative, and always intriguing, each book
is written by an expert in the field, examining how research-based
knowledge compares with popular wisdom, and showing how
psychology can truly enrich our understanding of modern life.
Applying a psychological lens to an array of topics and contemporary
concerns—from sex, to fashion, to conspiracy theories—The Psychology
of Everything will make you look at everything in a new way.
Titles in the series:
The Psychology of Attachment The Psychology of Vaccination
by Robbie Duschinsky, Pehr Granqvist and by Olivier Klein and Vincent Yzerbyt
Tommie Forslund
The Psychology of Memory
The Psychology of Running by Megan Sumeracki and Althea Need
by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday Kaminske
The Psychology of the Teenage The Psychology of Artificial
Brain Intelligence
by John Coleman by Tony Prescott
The Psychology of Time
by Richard Gross
For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge
textbooks.com/textbooks/thepsychologyofeverything/
, THE PSYC HOLOGY
O F A RTI FI CIAL
IN T E LLI GENCE
TO N Y P R ESCOT T
