The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind.THE EMOTION MACHINE: Commonsense com·mon·sense adj. Having or exhibiting native good judgment: "commonsense scholarship on the foibles and oversights of a genius" Times Literary Supplement. Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind MARVIN MINSKY Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927) is an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of MIT's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy. The human mind is constantly processing information, even when it's unaware of it. Thinking goes beyond deliberation deliberation n. the act of considering, discussing, and, hopefully, reaching a conclusion, such as a jury's discussions, voting and decision-making. DELIBERATION, contracts, crimes. to include emotions, gut instincts, and self-reflection. Minsky, a computer scientist, proposes that thinking can be understood as a series of machinelike processes. Infants react to what's around them as if through the action of a switch. AS people mature, their thinking becomes more critical but is still based on machinelike processes. From this foundation, the author analyzes how the brain deals with information, such as the experience of pain and moods. Using computation Computation is a general term for any type of information processing that can be represented mathematically. This includes phenomena ranging from simple calculations to human thinking. diagrams, Minsky ponders how people develop common sense and how they use elements of their environments as resources for learning and adaptation. Finally, he suggests how the brain develops a flexible sense of self. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , 2006, 387 p., b&w illus., hardcover, $2&.00. |
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