Artificial Dreams
Subtitle: the Quest for Non-Biological Intelligence
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780511478789; 9781282001336
Subjects: Artificial intelligence
Description: Uncovers the hidden assumptions about Artificial Intelligence, penetrating deeply into the inner workings of models and systems.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Prologue: Perennial Dreams; 1 GPS: The Origins of AI; 2 Deep Blue: Supercomputing AI; 3 Cyborgs: Cybernetic AI; 4 Cyc: Knowledge-Intensive AI; 5 Coach and Chef: Case-Based AI; 6 Language Learning: Connectionist AI; 7 Mathematical Models: Dynamical AI; 8 Cog: Neorobotic AI; 9 Copycat: Analogical AI; Epilogue: Democritus' Atomic Dream; Appendix A Minimax and Alpha-Beta Pruning; Appendix B An Introduction to Connectionism; Appendix C The Language Acquisition Debate; Notes; Bibliography; Author index.; title: Subject Index.