In our own image : savior or destroyer? : the history and future of artificial intelligence / George Zarkadakis.
By: Zarkadakes, Giorgos [author.].
Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2016Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.Description: xxi, 362 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781605989648.Subject(s): Artificial intelligence | Human-computer interaction | Machine theoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [322]-347) and index.
Dreaming of electric sheep. The birth of the modern mind ; Life in the bush of ghosts ; The mechanical Turk ; Loving the alien ; Prometheus unbound ; The return of the gods -- The mind problem. A blueprint for a universe ; Minds without bodies ; La Resistance ; Peering into the mind ; The cybernetic brain -- Ada in Wonderland. 'All Cretans are liars' ; The program ; From Bletchley Park to Google Campus ; Machines that think ; Darwin at the edge of chaos -- Epilogue: The future of humanity -- Timeline: A brief history of artificial intelligence.
Exploring the history and future, as well as the societal and ethical implications, of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the author, who has a PhD in AI, explains its history, technology and potential; its manifestations in intelligent machines; its connections to neurology and conscious; and what AI reveals about us human beings.