Arguing A. I. The Battle for Twenty-First-Century Science

Name: Arguing A. I. The Battle for Twenty-First-Century Science
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ISBN: 9780812991802

ISBN-10: 081299180X

ISBN-13: 9780812991802

Edition: 2001

Authors: Sam Williams

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Few scientific topics since the theory of biological evolution have inspired as much controversy as artificial intelligence has. Even now, fifty years after the term first made its appearance in academic journals, many philosophers and more than a few prominent scientists and software programmers dismiss the pursuit of thinking machines as the modern-day equivalent of medieval alchemists’ hunt for the philosopher’s stone-a pursuit based more on faith than on skeptical inquiry. In Arguing A.I., journalist Sam Williams charts both the history of artificial intelligence from its scientific and philosophical roots and the history of the A.I. debate. He examines how and why the tenor of the…

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List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


A.I. Debate Timeline



The Inspiration: Hilbert and Turing



The Pioneer: John McCarthy



The Optimist: Ray Kurzweil



The Humanist: Jaron Lanier



The Pessimist: Bill Joy



Fact Versus Fiction


Notes


Bibliography


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