"""Shwartz points out that 'many people are concerned that intelligent robots will be able to read manuals, take courses, and eliminate all our jobs. Fortunately, this is science fiction.'""

-Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com

""Steve has a sane perspective on what computers can and cannot do. In this book, he carefully goes over all the hype in what passes for AI these days and explains how it works--and why it doesn't really work all that well."" 

-Roger Schank, AI pioneer and former professor at Stanford, Yale, and Northwestern

""Dr. Shwartz demonstrates how media hype around electronic brains waxes and wanes. His thesis is that that general AI is the computer science of the future, and always will be.""

-Douglas Lyon, professor at Fairfield University

""By removing the fog, Dr. Shwartz uses plain language and clear examples to enable mere mortals to understand how AI can supplement rather than replace human intelligence for the foreseeable future."" 

-Les Trachtman, adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of the Amazon bestseller Don't F**K It Up: How Founders and Their Successors Can Avoid the Clichés that Inhibit Growth

""Steve Shwartz isn't particularly worried about artificial intelligence, and if anyone should know whether or not to panic, it's him.""

-Sarajayne Sullivan, Hearst Publications

""Shwartz explains how AI works in simple terms, why people shouldn't worry about intelligent robots taking over the world, and the steps we need to take as a society to minimize the negative impacts of AI and maximize its positive influence.""

-Jon Knox, Automotive Industries

Shwartz has boldly declared in his new book that the culture of fear around AI should be destroyed -- as anxiety over what AI can do doesn't accurately reflect the current iterations of the technology.

-Kassidy Kelley, TechTarget

 ""With over 40 years in the field, Dr. Shwartz dives into the machine to help us understand what is really happening inside.

-Alan Reznik, orthopedist and author of I've Fallen and I Can Get Up

""Dr. Shwartz clearly explains why we need not fear intelligent evil robots in the near future. He forces us to think instead about the very serious societal issues arising from today's more limited AI."" 

-Christopher McLeod, managing partner, Elm Street Ventures

"Dr. Shwartz draws on his 40 years of leading artificial intelligence research and application to provide a clear understanding for executives and technical types that machine thinking and reasoning is still a distant hope--and not to expect machines to replace humans--while also providing what AI capabilities are changing the world today and in the nearer future.""

-Bruce Gallager, partner, True Global Venture"