Artificial Intelligence: From Foundations to Modern Systems

By Richard Murdoch Montgomery

Artificial Intelligence: From Foundations to Modern Systems is a rigorous, self-contained guide to what AI systems are, how they work, and how their claims should be evaluated. Richard Murdoch Montgomery develops the field from first principles, introducing each definition before it is used, deriving the mathematics step by step, stating algorithms in full, and testing ideas through worked examples.

Across twenty chapters in five parts, the book moves from the philosophical and historical foundations of intelligence through the mathematics of probability, optimization, and reasoning under uncertainty; classical machine learning and deep neural computation; generative and foundation models; and the multimodal, embodied, and production systems in which modern AI is deployed. Contested questions are treated dialectically: competing positions are stated in their strongest form, compared against the evidence, and resolved where the evidence permits.

Designed for students, researchers, engineers, clinicians, and serious independent learners, this comprehensive treatise combines conceptual clarity with technical depth. Every chapter includes exercises with fully worked solutions and APA-style references, allowing readers to reproduce methods, trace claims to their sources, and develop the critical judgment needed to understand the next generation of intelligent systems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HM6RHHHM
• ISBN13: 9798906680976
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Scottish Science Society
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"