Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
Description |
xxi, 362 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [322]-347) and index. |
Contents |
Dreaming of electric sheep. The birth of the modern mind ; Life in the bush of ghosts ; The mechanical Turk ; Loving the alien ; Prometheus unbound ; The return of the gods -- The mind problem. A blueprint for a universe ; Minds without bodies ; La Résistance ; Peering into the mind ; The cybernetic brain -- Ada in Wonderland. 'All Cretans are liars' ; The program ; From Bletchley Park to Google Campus ; Machines that think ; Darwin at the edge of chaos -- Epilogue: The future of humanity -- Timeline: A brief history of artificial intelligence. |
Summary |
Exploring the history and future, as well as the societal and ethical implications, of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the author, who has a PhD in AI, explains its history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and conscious; and what AI reveals about us human beings. |
Subject |
Artificial intelligence.
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Machine theory.
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Human-computer interaction.
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ISBN |
9781605989648: $27.95 |
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1605989649 |
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