Computers and Common Sense. the Myth of Thinking Machines
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Computers and Common Sense. the Myth of Thinking Machines

  1. 138 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Computers and Common Sense. the Myth of Thinking Machines

About this book

Examines the evidence for the existence or future existence of machines that can translate languages, learn in the same sense as humans learn, make decisions, and carry out any intelligent operation that a human is capable of carrying out.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Contents
  4. 1. Introduction: Mechanization and Formalization
  5. 2. Possibility as a Guide to Research Activity
  6. 3. Mechanical Translation
  7. 4. Learning-Machines
  8. 5. The Claims of Linguistic Analysis
  9. 6. Man-Machine Relations
  10. 7. Man-Machine Relations in Defense Systems
  11. 8. Meaning as a Continuum
  12. Addendum: On Scientific Aberrations
  13. References