The Artificial Intelligence Debate: False Starts, Real Foundations

by Stephen R. Graubard (Editor)

Overview

In this broad and provocative collection of original essays on artificial intelligence today, eighteen distinguished scholars set out to explain why and how certain discoveries about the human brain have or have not been used by the AI community, and whether the AI endeavor has increased out, understanding of human cognition. Their exploration focuses on the many controversies and debates that continue to vitalize the field.

Contributors
Jack D. Cowan, Daniel C. Dennett, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus, Gerald M. Edelman, W. Daniel Hillis, Anya Hurlbert, John McCarthy, Pamela McCorduck, Seymour Papert, Tomaso Poggio, Hilary Putnam, George N. Reeke Jr, Jacob T. Schwartz, David H. Sharp, Robert Sokolowski, Sherry Turkle, and David L. Waltz

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262570749
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	10/03/1988
Series:	The MIT Press
Edition description:	1st MIT Press ed
Pages:	317
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stephen Graubard is Editor of Dacdalas, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at Brown University.

Editorial Reviews

Originally published as "Artificial intelligence," in Daedalus, v.117, no.1, winter 1988, from the proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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