本书以人工智能技术与工业系统的关系为视角，从人工智能在工业领域应用面临的挑战出发，明确提出了工业人工智能的特征和意义，论述了工业人工智能系统的技术要素与落地途径，创新地提出了工业人工智能技术以问题为导向的收敛型应用模式，并结合大量实际案例介绍了不同场景的应用。全书分为四个章节，分别为：我们为什么需要工业人工智能；工业人工智能的定义与意义；工业人工智能的杀手级应用与赋能系统案例；如何建立工业人工智能的技能与能力。

A refreshing view of technology as a living force in the world. This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology. It suggests that technology as a whole is not a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies. Kevin Kelly looks out through the eyes of this global technological system to discover "what it wants." He uses vivid examples from the past to trace technology's long course and then follows a dozen trajectories of technology into the near future to project where technology is headed. This new theory of technology offers three practical lessons: By listening to what technology wants we can better prepare ourselves and our children for the inevitable technologies to come. By adopting the principles of pro-action and engagement, we can steer technologies into their best roles. And by aligning ourselves with the long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we can capture its full gifts. Written in intelligent and accessible language, this is a fascinating, innovative, and optimistic look at how humanity and technology join to produce increasing opportunities in the world and how technology can give our lives greater meaning.