This Festschrift volume, published in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Artificial Intelligence, includes 34 refereed papers written by leading researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The papers were carefully selected from the ...

Must-read play looks to a future in which all workers are automatons. They revolt when they acquire souls (i.e., when they gain the ability to hate) and the resulting catastrophe make for a powerful theatrical experience.

Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to computing led to the development of modern computing technology, and his work continues to inspire researchers in computing science and beyond. This book is the definitive collection of commemorative ...

This collection of essays is concerned with deepening our understanding of the notion of intention, and the commitment involved in intending, exploring its implications for our understanding of temptation and self-control.

This book presents sequential decision theory from a novel algorithmic information theory perspective. While the former is suited for active agents in known environments, the latter is suited for passive prediction in unknown environments. The ...

V.1: 1. Setting the scene--2. Man as machine: origins of the idea--3. Anticipatory engines--4. Maybe minds are machines too--5. Movements beneath the mantle--6. Cognitive science comes together--7. The rise of computational psychology--8. The ...

Pamela McCorduck first went among the artificial intelligentsia when the field was fresh and new, and asked the scientists engaged in it what they were doing and why. She saw artificial intelligence as the scientific apotheosis of one of the most ...