Brainmakers: How Scientists Moving Beyond Computers Create Rival to Humn Brain
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2010
224 pages
978-1-4391-4279-0 (ISBN)
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Freedman describes a radical new approach to artificial intelligence that uses nature's own remarkable achievements to set a blueprint for the future.
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David H Freedman
Brainmakers
How Scientists are Moving beyond Computers to Create a Rival to the Human Brain
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04/1995
Touchstone
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David H. Freedman is a contributing editor for Inc. Magazine, and has written on science, business, and technology for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Science, Wired, and many other publications. His newest book, Wrong, about why experts keep failing us, came out in June, 2010. His last book (coauthored) was A Perfect Mess, about the useful role of disorder in daily life, business, and science. He is also the author of books about the US Marines, computer crime, and artificial intelligence. Freedman's blog, ?Making Sense of Medicine,? takes a close, critical look at medical findings making current headlines with an eye to separating out the frequent hype. He lives near Boston.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. BUG BRAINS
- 2. FOUNDERING FATHERS
- 3. THE ART OF THOUGHT
- 4. BRAINWARE
- 5. MOLECULAR INTELLIGENCE
- 6. NATURE'S BOOTSTRAP
- 7. SEEDS OF COGNITION
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES ON SOURCES
- SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
