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HAL's Legacy - 2001ʹs Computer as Dream and Reality

by David G. Stork
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The future of AI in eight essays.

This book is a great read for those curious about the history of artificial intelligence and its potential future. The essays provide unique perspectives on the topic, including insights on how close we are to creating computers like HAL from the iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The book offers a comprehensive overview on this fascinating subject and provides thought-provoking content that users will enjoy.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

HAL's Legacy - 2001ʹs Computer as Dream and Reality

by David G. Stork
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ISBN: 9780262193788
Authors: David G. Stork
Publisher: Mit Pr
Date of Publication: 1996-11-08
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, Technology, Philosophy
Related Topics: Computers, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Theory, History
Goodreads rating: 3.85
(rated by 75 readers)

Description

"I became operational . . . in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12, 1997."Inspired by HAL's self-proclaimed birth date, HAL's Legacy reflects upon science fiction's most famous computer and explores the relationship between science fantasy and technological fact. The informative, nontechnical chapters written especially for this book describe many of the areas of computer science critical to the design of intelligent machines, discuss whether scientists in the 1960s were accurate about the prospects for advancement in their fields, and look at how HAL has influenced scientific research.Contributions by leading scientists look at the technologies that would be critical if we were, as Arthur Clarke and Stanley Kubrick imagined thirty years ago, to try and build HAL in 1997: supercomputers, fault-tolerance and reliability, planning, artificial intelligence, lipreading, speech recognition and synthesis, commonsense reasoning, the ability to recognize and display emotion, and human-machine interaction. Not only would these technologies be critical in building HAL, but all are being explored for the design of today's intelligent machines. A separate chapter by philosopher Daniel Dennett considers the ethical implications of intelligent machines.Profusely illustrated with color images from the film and from current research, HAL's Legacy provides surprising new perspectives on key moments in the film - you will never view 2001 the same way again.
 

The future of AI in eight essays.

This book is a great read for those curious about the history of artificial intelligence and its potential future. The essays provide unique perspectives on the topic, including insights on how close we are to creating computers like HAL from the iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The book offers a comprehensive overview on this fascinating subject and provides thought-provoking content that users will enjoy.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.