Archive · 22 Nov 2025
The Shortest History of AI: A Comprehensive Review
Toby Walsh's 'The Shortest History of AI' is a quick, easy-to-read book that tells the story of artificial intelligence from its beginning in 1956 to now.
Walsh explains how AI works using six simple ideas and shows how it has changed over time.
He also talks about the good and bad sides of AI and how we should prepare for the future.
Toby Walsh's 'The Shortest History of AI' traces AI's evolution from 1956 to present
The book highlights six essential ideas that drive AI development
Walsh argues AI's progress is steady, not sudden, with each wave delivering practical applications
He warns about AI's limits and the need for societies to keep pace with its moral consequences
Walsh emphasizes the importance of teaching children to do what machines cannot
- Who
- Toby Walsh
- What
- Wrote 'The Shortest History of AI'
- When
- Present day
- Where
- Not specified
- Why
- To provide a brief, accessible history of artificial intelligence
AI Optimists
AI Pessimists
AI's Progress
AI Optimists
Steady and practical
AI Pessimists
Too fast and unpredictable
- Author
- Toby Walsh
- Publication Year
- Present day
- Number of Pages
- 203