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Overview
Can computers think? Can they use reason to develop their own concepts, solve complex problems, understand our languages? This updated edition of a comprehensive survey includes extensive new text on "Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century," introducing deep neural networks, conceptual graphs, languages of thought, mental models, metacognition, economic prospects, and research toward human-level AI.
Ideal for both lay readers and students of computer science, the original text features abundant illustrations, diagrams, and photographs as well as challenging exercises. Lucid, easy-to-read discussions examine problem-solving methods and representations, game playing, automated understanding of natural languages, heuristic search theory, robot systems, heuristic scene analysis, predicate-calculus theorem proving, automatic programming, and many other topics.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780486832869 |
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Publisher: | Dover Publications |
Publication date: | 08/14/2019 |
Pages: | 544 |
Sales rank: | 492,777 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Philip C. Jackson, Jr. has a Ph.D. for a thesis on artificial intelligence, and has extensive experience in software design and development. He is the founder of TalaMind LLC, conducting research toward human-level artificial intelligence.
Table of Contents
Preface (2019) Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century 1. Introduction 2. Mathematics, Phenomena, Machines 3. Problem Solving 4. Game Playing 5. Pattern Perception 6. Theorem Proving 7. Semantic Information Processing 8. Parallel Processing and Evolutionary Systems 9. The Harvest of Artificial Intelligence Bibliography Index
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