Artificial Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

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Boden, Margaret A.

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9780199602919: Artificial Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN 10: 0199602913 ISBN 13: 9780199602919
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and -- not least -- on the Internet. The results of Artificial Intelligence have been invaluable to biologists, psychologists, and linguists in helping to understand the processes of memory, learning, and language from a fresh angle.

As a concept, Artificial Intelligence has fueled and sharpened the philosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, intelligence, and the uniqueness of human beings. In this Very Short Introduction, Margaret A. Boden reviews the philosophical and technological challenges raised by Artificial Intelligence, considering whether programs could ever be really intelligent, creative, or even conscious, and shows how the pursuit of Artificial Intelligence has helped us to appreciate how human and animal minds are possible.

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About the Author

Margaret Boden, OBE, is Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Sussex, and one of the best known figures in the field of Artificial Intelligence. She has written extensively on the subject, most recently the two-volume work Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science (2006). She has lectured widely, to both specialist and general audiences across the world, and has appeared on many radio and TV programs, in the UK and elsewhere. She was awarded an OBE in 2001 for "services to cognitive science."

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199602913
ISBN 13 
9780199602919
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192
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