Lifecycle Software Objects by Ted Chiang (8 results)

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. Heavy foxing to edges. Coffee stain affecting the first few pages on the side. Pages are slightly warped. Readable copy priced according to condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1ST. Excellent Copy - Signed - Hey Patrick, Signing In A Sinister Fashion - By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Tiniest Bit Of Wear To The Page Edges. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks, And Enjoy. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hard cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 150 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Maps. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket.

1st edition. HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Winner of the 2011 Hugo Award for best novella. This copy signed by Chiang to the title page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hard cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 150 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Maps. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket in mylar. 1st/1st. Signed and dated by author. This copy is not numbered.

Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. About this Item ** SIGNED, 196/400, ONE OF A KIND, FIRST EDITION ** This is a beautiful small press production of a great novel. Signed and numbered FIRST EDITION in a decorated cloth binding, issued without a jacket. Much sought after, needless to say, and here is a perfect as new unread copy, stored in a humidity and temperatured controlled home, smoke free book since publication. Language: eng Synopsis Follows the lives of Ana Alvarado and Derek Brooks as they create and relate to the artificial intelligences they helped design. From the Inside Flap What s the best way to create artificial intelligence? In 1950, Alan Turing wrote, Many people think that a very abstract activity, like the playing of chess, would be best. It can also be maintained that it is best to provide the machine with the best sense organs that money can buy, and then teach it to understand and speak English. This process could follow the normal teaching of a child. Things would be pointed out and named, etc. Again I do not know what the right answer is, but I think both approaches should be tried. The first approach has been tried many times in both science fiction and reality. In this new novella, at over 30,000 words, his longest work to date, Ted Chiang offers a detailed imagining of how the second approach might work within the contemporary landscape of startup companies, massively-multiplayer online gaming, and open-source software. It s a story of two people and the artificial intelligences they helped create, following them for more than a decade as they deal with the upgrades and obsolescence that are inevitable in the world of software. At the same time, it s an examination of the difference between processing power and intelligence, and of what it means to have a real relationship with an artificial entity.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited Edition. SOLD OUT a very long time ago. And no wonder. This is a beautiful small press production of a great novel. Signed and numbered FIRST EDITION in a decorated cloth binding, issued without a jacket. Much sought after, needless to say, and here is a perfect as new unread copy, stored in a smoke free bookstore since publication. Language: eng. Signed by Author.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Chiang. This is copy 57. Hugo and Locus award winning novella, nominated for a Nebula award. An AI story. A fine copy, no jacket as issued. (35124).