Machines who think : a personal inquiry into the history and prospects of artificial intelligence

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Machines who think : a personal inquiry into the history and prospects of artificial intelligence

Pamela McCorduck

AK Peters, c2004

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-545) and index

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Description

This 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Time Line: The Mechanization of Thinking -- Part I Beginnings -- Part II The Turning Point -- Part III Resistance -- Part IV Realizations -- Part V The Tensions of Choice -- Part V Afterword -- Timeline: The Evolution of Intelligence -- Bibliography -- Index.

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