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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I hate being a curmudgeon (well, no, I actually rather like it  ), but publication of the audio book on artificial intelligence is just about 2 years old. That subject seems to be so much on the cutting edge that I wonder if a lot of what it says is out-of-date. I am wondering if maybe people interested in the subject would be better served by reading magazines on the subject and/or following very reputable websites that cover that subject. 
Just some musings . . . . |
It's not an either/or. Books (good ones anyway) will give you a foundation, and depth and perspective on how we got to the state of the art that you won't get from web or journal articles. They help you understand why some roads were followed and others were abandoned. Then you catch up on what has happened since with (good) articles, and you're likely to better understand them.
This is why college courses in cutting edge fields still have textbooks.