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Preface

In this digital era, the towering intellectual abilities demonstrated by machines, known as artificial intelligence (AI), continue to advance innovations with the goal of improving the world. Artificial intelligence broadens horizons in the field of science, which will help change essential things and modulate eternal facts. This advancement in AI miraculously continues to retain an inspired vision in regards to emerging technologies. Hence, this book provides readers with the tools to fill in the AI-related knowledge gaps yet to be conquered through the use of smart intelligent systems for industrial applications.

Today, due to our subjugation to technology, there is much more to reckon within our quest for knowledge. Therefore, the knowledge included in the chapters of this book, which covers AI topics related to smart homes, smart cities, and smart towns, the industrial Internet of things, and smart earth and smart metering, will be helpful when confronting the most recent technological challenges in a timely manner.

In order to help the reader thrive in an AI world, the book covers a broad range of topics about AI from a multidisciplinary point of view, starting with its history and continuing on to theories about artificial vs. human intelligence, concepts and regulations concerning AI, human–machine distribution of power and control, delegation of decisions, the social and economic impact of AI, etc. The prominent role that AI plays in society by connecting people through technologies is highlighted in this book. It also covers key aspects of various AI applications in electrical systems in order to enable growth in electrical engineering. The impact that AI has on social and economic factors is also examined from various perspectives. Moreover, many intriguing aspects of AI techniques in different domains are covered such as e-learning, healthcare, smart grid, virtual assistance, etc. The contents of this book will be useful for students, teachers, and researchers who would like to know more about AI, which is a new technology that broadens the boundaries of learning in this contemporary world. Reading this book will be like taking a voyage through the land of AI.

Our sincere gratitude goes to all those who contributed to the valuable chapters of this book. Also, thanks go to the editorial director and the production editor at Scrivener Publishing, whose ardent support made the completion of this book possible.

Dr. C. Venkatesh Namakkal, India Dr. N. Rengarajan Erode, India Dr. P. Ponmurugan Namakkal, India Dr. S. Balamurugan Coimbatore, India October 2021