AI Simplified, by Hilary Lamb, Joel Levy, and Claire Quigley* (Penguin Random House, DK, 160 pp HB, 2nd ed., 2025, $17.99, also sold as Simply AI: Facts Made Easy (front cover directly below) - content previously published as Simply AI)
I could have chosen the AI book in the (reviewed here yesterday) series by New Burlington but I thought it more valuable to review two different series of books on similar topics. Both series are similar: too cursory and too advanced, Good review for graduate school, though.
Sample pages appear below:
Each page has a paragraph or two plus cartoon-like drawings, some of which are even helpful. These books are similar to the Complete Idiot's Guides or Dummies Guides which I highly recommend, though they (the latter) are a bit more costly. At least the format here makes the books easy to put down and pick up again later when you have more time.
Chapters are introduced on colored pages, some of which are printed on pages too dark to read easily (e.g., dark royal blue). Each page has references to other pages: I finally figured out they are like a built-in index, within the text, so this book can be read in any order of chapters or pages - great if you know a little bit about the subject and can't wait to get to the more interesting parts (for you). However, the authors have also included an index.
*later version below:
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