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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Cognition

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Artificial Intelligence has a long history that can be traced back to Gottfried Leibniz, who envisaged a machine that could help resolve complex legal cases using an automated reasoning machine.

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Skilton, M., Hovsepian, F. (2018). Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Cognition. In: The 4th Industrial Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62479-2_3

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