HP Newquist is an author, artificial intelligence historian, musician, and museum curator.
BOOKS
From science and music to business and brains, HP Newquist has written more than thirty books for children and adults. His books have received numerous awards and have been translated into languages as diverse as Korean, kanji, Arabic, Mandarin, and Indonesian. He has written about artificial intelligence for more than three decades, has written and directed music documentaries, and has spoken at events around the world on everything from guitars to smart machines.
In addition to his writing, he is the founder and executive director of The National GUITAR Museum. Here is a short list of HP Newquist's books:
Artificial Intelligence is the attempt to create machines that learn, reason, and behave like humans.
HP Newquist has written more about artificial intelligence than anyone else on the planet. He has been covering the business of AI for more than four decades. His work has resulted in at least a million words written on artificial intelligence.
His work has been cited by The New York Times, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, The Economist and a host of others. He was a columnist for Computerworld, AI Expert, The Expert Systems Journal; a contributor to Popular Mechanics, Newsweek, and the Encarta Encyclopedia; and is the founder and publisher of the AI TRENDS newsletter.
Newquist has spoken at conferences and consulted around the world on the topic of AI.
He is the curator of the first touring museum exhibition dedicated to AI, titled “Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & The Machine.”
Newquist put his writing and research into "The Brain Makers,” a book that explores the entire spectrum of artificial intelligence development. It is considered the definitive history of man's attempt to make thinking machines.
AWARDS
Newquist has won numerous awards for his books.
• 4X Award Winner: National Science Teachers Association "Outstanding Science Book" • The Magnolia Prize • New York Public Library Award: "Books For The Teen Age" • 2 Books Named In the Top 22 Best Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Books of 2018. Nearly 400 books were considered, and only 22 were chosen. Two of those 22 were Newquist's books. They were chosen by the National Science Teachers Association, CBC, American Society for Engineering Education, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, and the Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees • VOYA Nonfiction Honor 2018 • American Association for the Advancement of Science's "Science Books & Films Prize For Excellence In Science” Finalist • 3X Library Guild Journal Selections
MUSEUMS
In addition to founding The National GUITAR Museum, Newquist has developed five unique museum exhibitions.
AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS: The GUITAR And A Changing Nation SHAPE SHIFTING: The GUITAR As Modern ARTifact MEDIEVAL TO METAL: The Art & Evolution Of The GUITAR GUITAR: The Instrument That Rocked The World
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Your Mind & The Machine
MUSIC
Newquist has composed music for guitar, and contributed to several films. Several of his compositions, including his “Symphony For Artificial Intelligence (Overture)”, can be heard on Soundcloud.