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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 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.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues

• Full title: Brainmakers
• Subtitle: How Scientists are Moving beyond Computers to Create a Rival to the Human Brain
• Author: David H Freedman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220
• EAN: 9780671510558
• ISBN: 9780671510558
• ID: 07381686
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Weight: 294 g
• Dimensions: 140 × 216 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. November 1994

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