The fifth generation fallacy : why Japan is betting its future on artificial intelligence / J. Marshall Unger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unger, J. Marshall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fifth generation computers.

Artificial intelligence.

Word processing.

Japanese language--Data processing.

Japanese language.

Physical Description:

x, 230 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Summary:

For several years a great deal of attention has been focused on Japan's Fifth Generation Project, a research program aimed at the development of "intelligent" computers that will allegedly 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.

Contents:

I Linguistics and Orthography

1. Current Writing Practice in Japan 17

Kana and Romanization

Page Layout

Kanji

2. Practical Consequences of a Large Character Set 50

Alphabetization

The Book Trade

Typing and Computer Input

Data Processing

II Politics and Culture

3. The Price of Tradition 79

Kanji and Literacy

Political Maneuvering

Confusing Language with Writing

Cultural Independence

4. A Conflict of Technologies 109

Kanji and AI

Can Intelligence Be Artificial?

Kanji as Counterexample

The Risk of Waiting

Three Contradictions

III Economics and Technology

5. The Importance of Efficient Input 129

Inscriptive Input

Transcriptive Input

Descriptive Input

Alternative Approaches

Costs

6. The Fifth Generation Project 171

Concern over Kanji

Productivity Crises

Misunderstandings

Where Is the Project Today?.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 209-223.

ISBN:

019504939X :

OCLC:

14413404