
AI
Its nature and future
Margaret A. Boden(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 26. May 2016
Book
Hardback
210 pages
978-0-19-877798-4 (ISBN)
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Description
The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least - on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists, psychologists, and linguists in helping to understand the processes of memory, learning, and language from a fresh angle.
As a concept, Artificial Intelligence has fuelled and sharpened the philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, intelligence, and the uniqueness of human beings. Margaret A. Boden reviews the philosophical and technological challenges raised by Artificial Intelligence, considering whether programs could ever be really intelligent, creative or even conscious, and shows how the pursuit of Artificial Intelligence has helped us to appreciate how human and animal minds are possible.
As a concept, Artificial Intelligence has fuelled and sharpened the philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, intelligence, and the uniqueness of human beings. Margaret A. Boden reviews the philosophical and technological challenges raised by Artificial Intelligence, considering whether programs could ever be really intelligent, creative or even conscious, and shows how the pursuit of Artificial Intelligence has helped us to appreciate how human and animal minds are possible.
Reviews / Votes
Boden's book is an excellent, accessible introduction even for the complete AI novice. * Mark Greener, Fortean Times * Boden, as an academic in the field of AI, really knows her stuff, and you get a clear understanding from her book of the various different kinds of AI, and their enduring limitations * Robert Colvile, The Spectator * A masterclass of a book * Barbara Kiser, Nature * Everything you need to know about Artificial Intelligence - a wonderful read. * Jack Copeland, Director of the Turing Archive for the History of Computing *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
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1 black and white image
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-877798-4 (9780198777984)
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Person
Margaret Boden, OBE, is Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex, and one of the best known figures in the field of Artificial Intelligence. She has written extensively on the subject, most recently the two-volume work Mind as Machine: a history of cognitive science (OUP, 2006). She has lectured widely, to both specialist and general audiences across the world, and has appeared on many radio and TV programmes, in the UK and elsewhere. She was awarded an OBE in 2001 for 'services to cognitive science.'
Content
1: What is Artificial Intelligence?
2: Generality as the Holy Grail
3: Language, Creativity and Emotion
4: Artificial Neural Networks
5: Robots and Artificial Life
6: But is it Intelligence, Really?
7: The Singularity
Endnotes
References
Index
2: Generality as the Holy Grail
3: Language, Creativity and Emotion
4: Artificial Neural Networks
5: Robots and Artificial Life
6: But is it Intelligence, Really?
7: The Singularity
Endnotes
References
Index

