Sensitive by Nature: Understanding Intelligence and the Mind

Any reader will easily learn several courses worth of artificial intelligence and psychology, as they are introduced to the concepts building up to the most modern view of the human mind and the technology that is being used to develop it. This book is extremely educational and fun to read.It is an excellent 'guided tour' into the formation of biological intelligence, and a unique glimpse into the making of a mechanical form of intelligence. It addresses many of the novices' and experts' misconceptions about artificial intelligence and presents a useful model for understanding the every day capabilities of the mind.The book describes how the mind works to such an extent that the reader will learn how they can improve their understanding of others, affecting their ability to manage, communicate and negotiate more effectively. The material is quite stimulating to those interested in psychology, philosophy, computer science, evolution, and artificial intelligence.The minimum prerequisite for the book is high school science, as it puts basic physics, biology, chemistry and paleoanthropology into perspective in how these disciplines can help develop our understanding of human psychology as well as our understanding of what intelligence actually is.

Jim Luisi is a graduate of Brooklyn College and currently participates in the management of two software companies, inventing new ways of looking at things and designing leading edge business solutions. Having lived previously New York and California, Jim is a now resident of New Jersey. Jim still enjoys the area in California that his mom lives in, and enjoys visiting his sister, Marie, as she periodically relocates to new and interesting locations throughout the United States. Jim is grateful to his sister and the various elves for their tremendous contribution to the book with their skillful proof reading and relentless, yet always, constructive criticism. Jim has worked in database technology for over twenty years, participated in every aspect of the software development life cycle for large information systems on Wall Street, and large control systems regarding defense work, and performed as a management consultant in extremely large automation efforts. He has also managed a research effort into artificial intelligence for a major aerospace company, and co-developed 'Process Normalization', which is a process that normalizes millions of lines of code to tens of thousands. As to specific accomplishments, Mr. Luisi was the chief architect of the DataPulse database technology, the first cognitive database system, and the Business Intelligence applications that have been developed using it.Most importantly, Jim's pride and joy is his daughter, born in San Diego on the 21st of August 1990, whose welcome interruptions, along with those of the rest of his family, helped influence Jim's decision not to change his career to become a writer.