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9780521703390

Artificial Dreams: The Quest for Non-Biological Intelligence

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    9780521703390

  • ISBN10:

    0521703395

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-04-21
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

This book is a critique of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the perspective of cognitive science - it seeks to examine what we have learned about human cognition from AI successes and failures. The book's goal is to separate those "AI dreams" that either have been or could be realized from those that are constructed through discourse and are unrealizable. AI research has advanced many areas that are intellectually compelling and holds great promise for advances in science, engineering, and practical systems. After the 1980s, however, the field has often struggled to deliver widely on these promises. This book breaks new ground by analyzing how some of the driving dreams of people practicing AI research become valued contributions, while others devolve into unrealized and unrealizable projects.

Author Biography

H. R. Ekbia is associate professor of information science and cognitive science at Indiana University, where he is also affiliated with the School of Informatics. Initially trained as an engineer, Ekbia switched his focus to study cognitive science in order to pursue a lifelong interest in the workings of the human mind. To get a deeper understanding of the questions that AI research and writing posed but hastily tackled, Ekbia in turn began to focus on the philosophy of science and science studies, through which he discovered novel ways of thinking about science, technology, and the human mind

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tablesp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Prologuep. 1
GPS: The Origins of AIp. 21
Deep Blue: Supercomputing AIp. 39
Cyborgs: Cybernetic AIp. 64
Cyc: Knowledge-Intensive AIp. 91
Coach and Chef: Case-Based AIp. 134
Language Learning: Connectionist AIp. 172
Mathematical Models: Dynamical AIp. 219
Cog: Neorobotic AIp. 248
Copycat: Analogical AIp. 286
Epiloguep. 309
Minimax and Alpha-Beta Pruningp. 335
An Introduction to Connectionismp. 339
The Language Acquisition Debatep. 346
Notesp. 353
Bibliographyp. 373
Author Indexp. 393
Subject Indexp. 398
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