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Brainmakers: How Scientists Moving Beyond Computers Create Rival to Humn Brain
Sinopsis
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.
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 Jamess mechanical bride to 2001s 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, youll discover:
MITs Attila, a 3.6-pound, six-legged robot that learns as it interacts with its surroundings.
Japans efforts to grow brain cells on chips and construct a "wiring diagram" of the human brain.
UCLAs "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.
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 Jamess mechanical bride to 2001s 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, youll discover:
MITs Attila, a 3.6-pound, six-legged robot that learns as it interacts with its surroundings.
Japans efforts to grow brain cells on chips and construct a "wiring diagram" of the human brain.
UCLAs "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.
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Ficha Técnica
Editorial: Touchstone
ISBN: 9781439142790
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 15/06/2010
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