Fifth Generation Fallacy Why Japan Is Betting Its Future on Artificial Intelligence

Name: Fifth Generation Fallacy Why Japan Is Betting Its Future on Artificial Intelligence
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ISBN: 9780195049398

ISBN-10: 019504939X

ISBN-13: 9780195049398

Edition: 1987

Authors: J. Marshall Unger

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For several years a great deal of attention has been focused on Japan's highly publicized Fifth Generation Project, a research program aimed at the development of "intelligent" computers that can think like human beings. It has been claimed that such machines are the technology of the future, and that whoever gets them first will emerge as the new leader of the world economy. In this fascinating new book, J. Marshall Unger reveals that the West has completely misunderstood Japan's interest in Artificial Intelligence. Contrary to the common view of Japan's unassailable superiority in technology and business, perpetuated recently by popular books like Japan as Number One, Unger shows that…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/8/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.56" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction



Linguistics and Orthography



Current Writing Practice in Japan


Kana and Romanization


Page Layout


Kanji



Practical Consequences of a Large Character Set


Alphabetization


The Book Trade


Typing and Computer Input


Data Processing



Politics and Culture



The Price of Tradition


Kanji and Literacy


Political Maneuvering


Confusing Language with Writing


Cultural Independence



A Conflict of Technologies


Kanji and AI


Can Intelligence Be Artificial?


Kanji as Counterexample


The Risk of Waiting


Three Contradictions



Economics and Technology



The Importance of Efficient Input


Inscriptive Input


Transcriptive Input


Descriptive Input


Alternative Approaches


Costs



The Fifth Generation Project


Concern over Kanji


Productivity Crises


Misunderstandings


Where Is the Project Today?


Epilogue


Notes


Glossary


References


Index