Robots Unlimited: Life in a Virtual Age
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Rating | : | 4.23 (599 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1568812396 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 466 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-07-09 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Robots will one day be so life-like that a human could fall in love and marry one. Far-fetched? Not at all. David Levy presents the history of Artificial Intelligence, considers recent developments, and speculates about the future of AI. Thought provoking and controversial? Certainly. Consider this: Robots will one day be able to write poetry and prose so touching that it will make men weep; compose dozens or even hundreds of symphonies that will rival the work of Mozart; judge a court case with absolute impartiality and fairness; or even converse with the natural ease of your best friend. A complete bibliography is available here.
David Levy has worked in the field of Artificial Intelligence since graduating from St. He led the team that won the 1997 Loebner Prize competition in New Yorka kind of World Championship for conversational software. He is founder of the Computer Olympiad, founder and chief organizer of the annual Mind Sports Olympiad and President of the International Computer Games Association. Deep Junior Chess match in New York, 2003. Andrews University, Scotland, in 1967. He was Chairman
True, the field of artificial intelligence is bedevilled with all kinds of irritating philosophical objections to Levy's predictions. -Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review, April 2006 Interview with David Levy about his new book, Robots Unlimited. There is a lot to think about in this book for both you and your computer."" -Vairo Library Blog, November 2006" . As an informative and superbly written study, Robots Unlimited offers readers an outstanding historical survey and a seminal reference to the many intricacies of an ever-escalating modern science in these specialized fields, as well as knowledgeable and intuitive predictions of what the future may bring for robotic and artificial intelligence breakthroughs. Very strongly recommended to all students of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and relevant t
"Describing the Current State of the Art in Robotics" according to John Matlock. It's been about 50 years since the word Artificial Intelligence was coined. Since then there have been a number of television shows and movies about AI, but in real life AI has yet to produce a young boy to life an even quasi-normal life.Behind the scenes however, research has been going on to develop the sub-systems needed as a foundat. "A complete and expert analysis and collection of such a popular and innovative science" according to Midwest Book Review. Robots Unlimited: Life In A Virtual Age by David Levy (leader of the winning team of the Loebner Prize Competition in 1997) is a highly researched and historically impressive documentation devoted to the past fifty years of research and development in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. As an informative and superbly written study, Ro. An interesting overview of robotics and machine intelligence Throughout the last five decades, fed by both curiosity and military requirements, the design and construction of robots has occupied the time of many researchers, and involved the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars. In this book the author presents an overview of robotics for a semi-popular audience, beginning with a fairly de