{"product_id":"how-to-tell-5-from-6-how-machines-learned-to-think","title":"How to Tell 5 from 6: How Machines Learned to Think","description":"What if you couldn't explain something you do effortlessly every day?\n\nLook at a handwritten 5 and a 6. You recognize them instantly. But try explaining the difference to a machine that has never seen a digit before—and every rule you create falls apart. Some fives have closed loops. Some sixes have no tails. The real world is too messy for simple rules.\n\nThis is where neural networks begin.\n\nHow to Tell 5 from 6 takes you on a journey from that deceptively simple question to the heart of modern artificial intelligence. No prerequisites. No hand-waving. No \"trust me, it works.\" Just a patient, step-by-step path from intuition to genuine understanding.\n\nYou'll discover how machines learn from examples instead of following rules. How layers of simple calculations build complex representations. How attention mechanisms let models focus on what matters. And how these same principles—developed to recognize blurry handwritten digits—now power systems that translate languages, generate images, write code, and hold conversations.\n\nInside this book:\nFrom pixels to perception: how images become numbers a machine can process\nThe elegant math of learning: gradients, weights, and the slow descent toward understanding\nWhy deep networks work: the secret role of nonlinearity and hidden layers\nConvolutional networks: how computers learned to see\nRecurrent networks and memory: processing sequences and language\nThe Transformer revolution: attention, scale, and emergent capabilities\nModern AI systems: from GPT to the future we're building\n\nWritten for curious minds of all backgrounds, this book does for neural networks what Code by Charles Petzold did for computers—transforms the mysterious into the mechanical, and makes it even more magical in the process.\n\nThe AI revolution is here. Now you can understand how it actually works.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GGVRNLDF\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0GGVRNLDF.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pshenychnyy, Kostyantyn\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338150182973,"sku":"BVV.B0GGVRNLDF.G","price":20.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/how-to-tell-5-from-6-how-machines-learned-to-think","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}