In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence / George Zarkadakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zarkadakēs, Giōrgos, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Machine theory.

Human-computer interaction.

Physical Description:

xxi, 362 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2016.

Summary:

Exploring the history and future, as well as the societal and ethical implications, of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the author, who has a PhD in AI, explains its history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and conscious; and what AI reveals about us human beings.

Contents:

Dreaming of electric sheep. The birth of the modern mind ; Life in the bush of ghosts ; The mechanical Turk ; Loving the alien ; Prometheus unbound ; The return of the gods

The mind problem. A blueprint for a universe ; Minds without bodies ; La Résistance ; Peering into the mind ; The cybernetic brain

Ada in Wonderland. 'All Cretans are liars' ; The program ; From Bletchley Park to Google Campus ; Machines that think ; Darwin at the edge of chaos

Epilogue: The future of humanity

Timeline: A brief history of artificial intelligence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [322]-347) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9781605989648

1605989649

OCLC:

911364564

Publisher Number:

99966985788