Brainmakers: How Scientists Are Moving Beyond Computers to Create a Rival to the Human Brain

Freedman, David H.

ISBN 10: 0671760793 / ISBN 13: 9780671760793

Edité par Simon and Schuster, New York, 1994

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214pp. Index. Penciling interior, owner's name FEP, wear boards.

N° de réf. du vendeur 097644

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Brainmakers: How Scientists Are Moving Beyond Computers to Create a Rival to the Human Brain
• Éditeur: Simon and Schuster, New York
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0671760793
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780671760793
• Reliure: Hb
• État de l'article: G+
• État de la jaquette: No DJ

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Synopsis

Book by Freedman David H

Présentation de l'éditeur

Join David Freedman as he takes you on a fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the world as top researchers race to create revolutionary "thinking machines" that may one day lead to a new form of intelligence.

The subject of fantasy and skepticism for centuries-- from William James's mechanical bride to 2001's Hal to Star Wars' R2D2-- artificial intelligence has been limited to number-crunching computers that are"smart" only in highly specific domains like chess-- until now. "Brainmakers" is an eye-opening, mind-expanding, and mind-blowing journey through laboratories engaged in cutting-edge research into neuro-science and robotics. Inside, you'll discover:

MIT's Attila, a 3.6-pound, six-legged robot that learns as it interacts with its surroundings.

Japan's efforts to grow brain cells on chips and construct a "wiring diagram" of the human brain

UCLA's "robot farm", where robots will be "bred" for intelligence.

In exciting yet accessible detail, Freedman shows how this research has moved into a new realm that transcends computer science, combining neuroscience, mircobiology, evolutionary biology, and zoology. Modeled after natural rather than artificial intelligence, thinking machines may soon develop powers that rival-- or exceed-- those of the human brain.