Brainmakers: How Scientists Moving Beyond Computers Create Rival to Humn Brain
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ISBN13: 9780671510558
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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 neuroscience 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, microbiology, 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.
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 neuroscience 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, microbiology, 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.
| ISBN-13 | 9780671510558 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 067151055X |
| Weight | 2.31 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.50 x 0.60 x 8.50 In |
| List Price | $16.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 224 pages |
| Publisher | Touchstone |
| Published On | 1995-04-06 |
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