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How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd; 30 Jan 2014Description: 352 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780715647332
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.82
Summary: How does the brain recognise images? Could computers drive? How is it possible for man-made programs to beat the world's best chess players? In this fascinating look into the human mind, Ray Kurzweil relates the advanced brain processes we take for granted in our everyday lives, our sense of self and intellect - and explains how artificial intelligence, once only the province of science fiction, is rapidly catching up. Effortlessly unravelling such key areas as love, learning and logic, he shows how the building blocks for our future machines exist underneath. Kurzweil examines the radical possibilities of a world in which humans and intelligent machines could live side by side.
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Computing and the Internet 612.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC006499
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Computing and the Internet 612.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC011096
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How does the brain recognise images? Could computers drive? How is it possible for man-made programs to beat the world's best chess players? In this fascinating look into the human mind, Ray Kurzweil relates the advanced brain processes we take for granted in our everyday lives, our sense of self and intellect - and explains how artificial intelligence, once only the province of science fiction, is rapidly catching up. Effortlessly unravelling such key areas as love, learning and logic, he shows how the building blocks for our future machines exist underneath. Kurzweil examines the radical possibilities of a world in which humans and intelligent machines could live side by side.

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