[April Recommended Books by Korea Publication Culture Industry Promotion Agency⑤] 'AI Knowledge Understandable Even for Non-Majors'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The Korea Publication Culture Industry Promotion Agency operates the ‘Book Sharing Committee’ and announced seven titles, including ‘Is This Your First Time with Cognitive Psychology?’ (Bookminto), as the ‘Recommended Books of April.’

The ‘Book Sharing Committee’ is composed of experts from various fields. To expand publishing demand and promote reading culture, it introduces books in seven categories?▲Literature ▲Humanities and Arts ▲Social Sciences ▲Natural Sciences ▲Practical and General ▲Picture Books and Fairy Tales ▲Youth?each month along with recommendations.

The ‘Recommended Books of April’ include seven titles: ▲‘Is This Your First Time with Cognitive Psychology?’ (Bookminto) ▲‘A Very Comfortable Death’ (Eulyoo Publishing) ▲‘Philosophizing in Modern Korean’ (Memento) ▲‘A Line Sociology by Noh Myung-woo’ (EBS Books) ▲‘AI Knowledge Understandable Even to Non-Majors’ (Banni) ▲‘Plant Counseling’ (Bookhouse) ▲‘Queen of Words’ (Biryoungso).

The Book Sharing Committee members include Chairperson Jung Subok (Sociologist), Kwon Bokgyu (Professor at Ewha Womans University College of Medicine), Ryu Daesung (Writer), Cho Kyungran (Novelist), Jin Taewon (Professor at Sungkonghoe University), Choi Hyunmi (Reporter at Munhwa Ilbo), and Pyo Jeonghun (Critic).

Detailed information about the Book Sharing Committee’s recommended books and recommendations can be found on the Publication Promotion Agency’s website or the Reading IN website.

AI Knowledge Understandable Even to Non-Majors | Written by Park Sanggil | Banni | 440 pages | 19,800 KRW

This book explains artificial intelligence (AI) in a very easy way so that even non-majors can understand it, including the history and behind-the-scenes stories of each technology. Readers can learn how AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol, how Google finds the information I want, how autonomous vehicles operate, the principles of smart speakers, how machine translation and chatbots function, and the principles of navigation. Above all, this book is very enjoyable and easy to read. It is the optimal guide to AI, born from the author’s practical experience and field knowledge as an AI engineer and leader of Hyundai Motor Company’s AI research team, combined with the history of artificial intelligence. The interesting illustrations by IT professional illustrator Jung Jinho add to the book’s appeal.

- Kwon Bokgyu, Professor, Department of Medical Education, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine

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