Parsing the Turing Test : Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer

Robert Epstein

ISBN 10: 1402067089 / ISBN 13: 9781402067082

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands, 2008

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a World Mind Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence of human beings Distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and programmers from around the world debate these weighty issues - and, in effect, the future of the human race - in this important volume.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Parsing the Turing Test : Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402067089
• ISBN 13: 9781402067082
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 34D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 34 millimeters depth
• Weight: 975 grams

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Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a World Mind? Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence of human beings? Distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and programmers from around the world debate these weighty issues – and, in effect, the future of the human race – in this important volume.

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Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a World Mind? Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence of human beings? Distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and programmers from around the world debate these weighty issues – and, in effect, the future of the human race – in this important volume.

Foreword by Daniel C. Dennett.