To get the most out of this book

Artificial intelligence projects rely on three factors:

• Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). This implies having a practical view of how solutions can be used, not just developed. Find real-life examples around you to extend the case studies presented in the book.
• Applied mathematics and algorithms. Do not skip the mathematical equations if you have the energy to study them. AI relies heavily on mathematics. There are plenty of excellent websites that explain the mathematics used in the book.
• Development and production.

An artificial intelligence solution can be directly used on a cloud platform machine learning site (Google, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, and others) online or with APIs. In the book, Amazon, IBM, and Google are described. Try to create an account of your own to explore cloud platforms.

Development still remains critical for artificial intelligence projects. Even with a cloud platform, scripts and services are necessary. Also, sometimes, writing an algorithm is mandatory because the ready-to-use online algorithms are insufficient for a given problem. Explore the programs delivered with the book. They are open source and free.

Download the example code files

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packtpub.com.
2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Artificial-Intelligence-By-Example. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/ArtificialIntelligenceByExample_ColorImages.pdf.

Code in Action

Visit the following link to check out videos of the code being run:
https://goo.gl/M5ACiy

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

MS1='full'
MS2='space'
I=['1','2','3','4','5','6']
for im in range(2):

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

Weights:
[[ 0.913269 -0.06843517 -1.13654324]
[ 3.00969897 1.70999493 0.58441134]
[ 2.98644016 1.73355337 0.59234319]
[ 0.953465 0.08329804 -3.26016158]
[-1.10051951 -1.2227973 2.21361701]
[ 0.20618461 0.30940653 2.59980058]
[ 0.98040128 -0.06023325 -3.00127746]]

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "For this example, click on Load data."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.