Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial IntelligenceThis book is a history of artificial intelligence, that audacious effort to duplicate in an artifact what we consider to be our most important property—our intelligence. It is an invitation for anybody with an interest in the future of the human race to participate in the inquiry. |
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Page vii
... artificial intelligences, both literary and real. Argues that twentieth-century artificial intelligence is only the latest, though the most successful, instance of a long Western tradition, and shares much with its ancestors. 2 From ...
... artificial intelligences, both literary and real. Argues that twentieth-century artificial intelligence is only the latest, though the most successful, instance of a long Western tradition, and shares much with its ancestors. 2 From ...
Page viii
... artificial intelligence, who give the lie to the idea that science is a disinterested enterprise. Includes some speculations as to why artificial intelligence seems to provoke people to extremes, and covers the first extremist, Mortimer ...
... artificial intelligence, who give the lie to the idea that science is a disinterested enterprise. Includes some speculations as to why artificial intelligence seems to provoke people to extremes, and covers the first extremist, Mortimer ...
Page ix
... Artificial Intelligence 317 Examines a here-and-now application of artificial intelligence in DENDRAL, the program that assists organic chemists, and some of its collateral programs. Looks at the MIT education laboratory, which applies ...
... Artificial Intelligence 317 Examines a here-and-now application of artificial intelligence in DENDRAL, the program that assists organic chemists, and some of its collateral programs. Looks at the MIT education laboratory, which applies ...
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Contents
Beginnings | 1 |
The Turning Point | 109 |
Resistance | 193 |
Realizations | 241 |
The Tensions of Choice | 351 |
Afterword | 415 |
The Evolution of Intelligence | 523 |
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Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of ... Pamela McCorduck No preview available - 2004 |
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