What Computers Still Can't Do

Author: Hubert L. Dreyfus
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0262540673

What Computers Still Can't Do: A Critique of Artificial Reason

When it was first published in 1972, Hubert Dreyfus's manifesto on the inherent inability of disembodied machines to mimic higher mental functions caused an uproar in the artificial intelligence community. Download What Computers Still Can't Do: A Critique of Artificial Reason from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. The world has changed since then. Today it is clear that "good old-fashioned AI," based on the idea of using symbolic representations to produce general intelligence, is in decline (although several believers still pursue its pot of gold), and the focus of the Al community has shifted to more complex models of the mind. It has also become more common for AI researchers to seek out and study philosophy. For this edition of his now classic book, Dreyfus has added a lengthy new introduction outlining these changes and assessing the paradigms of Search and find a lot of computer books in many category availabe for free download.

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