When I was a kid I saw an ad for Feigenbaum's 3-volume "Handbook of AI" and got a used copy years later

There was a Volume IV added as well at some point[1]. I've had this entire set sitting on my shelf for ages now, intending to read the entire thing "one of these days" but somehow "one day" keeps not showing up. Still, if I live long enough, I still want to read it all eventually.

Hell maybe I'll pull Volume 1 off the shelf later tonight and read a few pages, just to put a stake in the ground and say I started it at least. :-)

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Artificial-Intelligence-IV/d...

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ebcode 2 days ago | parent [-]

I picked these up at a used bookstore ages ago, since they had the three-volume set. My recommendation would be to familiarize yourself with just the table of contents that’s printed on the binding, and when you come across something adjacent in your day-to-day work (e.g. Search), review the papers in that section. Those books are an excellent snapshot of the field at the time.

	▲	mindcrime a day ago \| parent [-]
		I did wind up picking up Volume 1 this afternoon and starting to read some of it. It's a fascinating look back in time at some earlier days of AI. Which is right up my alley, as I'm pretty enthusiastic about studying the history of the field.