Mind Matters: Exploring the World of Artificial Intelligence - Rilegato

Hogan, James P.

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ISBN 10: 0345412400 ISBN 13: 9780345412409

Casa editrice: Del Rey, 1998

Riassunto

Chronicles the technological accomplishments leading to the development of artificial intelligence and assesses the social, political, and psychological implications of this technical breakthrough

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Informazioni sull?autore

James P. Hogan was born in London in 1941 and educated at the Cardinal Vaughan Grammar School, Kensington. He studied general engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, subsequently specializing in electronics and digital systems. In mid-1977 he moved from England to the United States to become a Senior Sales Training Consultant, concentrating on the application of minicomputers in science and research, for DEC. At the end of 1979, Hogan opted to write full time.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

hess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the now-famous rematch against IBM's chess-playing computer Deep Blue last year, millions were riveted. When NASA mounted its historic mission to Mars, the world watched spellbound as a sophisticated mechanical device rolled across the surface of the red planet, taking photographs and analyzing rock samples. Consequently, these events stirred renewed speculation about one of modern science's most fascinating, and haunting, pursuits--the creation of a machine with a mind.<br><br>While the likes of HAL, the sentient, conversant computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the android "replicants" of Blade Runner have mainly kept Artificial Intelligence a purely science-fictional concept in the public eye, the quest to synthesize thought has been very much a reality for decades--and not without striking successes. From the pioneering experiments in "cybernetics" of the 1940s to the digital computers and robot prototypes developed by Carnegie Mellon Un

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Del Rey
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0345412400
• ISBN 13: 9780345412409
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 381
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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