Machinery of the Mind: Inside the New Science of Artificial IntelligenceJohnson gives a vivid account of how close scientists are to creating intelligent machinery, and the challenging barriers (both technical and philosophical) that have to be overcome. The author provides a firsthand look at machines that are beginning to understand English, discover scientific theories on their own, and create original works of art. He introduces Eurisko, the program that discovered for itself such fundamental concepts as numbers and arithmetic, and went on to become national champion of a futuristic war game called Traveller. Johnson describes Aaron, the artificially intelligent artist--the only computer program to have its own show at London's Tate Gallery. He shows how these programs work, and how this research is helping in understanding the workings of the human mental machinery. ISBN 0-8129-1229-2 : $19.95. |
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