Artificial dreams : the quest for non-biological intelligence / H.R. Ekbia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ekbia, H. R. (Hamid Reza), 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

xiii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

This book is a critique of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the perspective of cognitive science - it seeks to examine what we have learned about human cognition from AI successes and failures. The book's goal is to separate those "AI dreams" that either have been or could be realized from those that are constructed through discourse and are unrealizable. AI research has advanced many areas that are intellectually compelling and holds great promise for advances in science, engineering, and practical systems. After the 1980s, however, the field has often struggled to deliver widely on these promises. This book breaks new ground by analyzing how some of the driving dreams of people practicing AI research become valued contributions, while others devolve into unrealized and unrealizable projects.

Contents:

GPS : the origins of AI

Deep blue : supercomputing AI

Cyborgs : cybernetic AI

Cyc : knowledge-intensive AI

Coach and chef : case-based AI

Language learning : connectionist AI

Mathematical models : dynamical AI

Cog : neorobotic AI

Copycat : analogical AI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-391) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780521878678

0521878675

9780521703390

0521703395

OCLC:

181424058

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