philosophy Books
We've found 34 books tagged 'philosophy' relevant to the field of humanlike conversational artificial intelligence.
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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence |
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Edinburgh University Press
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2007 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Minds-Co... |
Summary: Could a computer have a mind? What kind of machine would this be? Exactly what do we mean by “mind” anyway?
The notion of the “intelligent’“machine, while continuing to feature in numerous entertaining and frightening fictions, has also been the focus of a serious and dedicated...
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by Robert Epstein, Gary Roberts and Grace Beber |
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Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer |
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Springer
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2008 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Parsing-... |
Summary: “Parsing the Turing Test” is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately...
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When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence |
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Penguin Books Ltd
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2000 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Age-Spir... |
Summary: A sprawling introduction to artificial intelligence by a computing pioneer who feels that machines will become conscious fairly soon, then become more intelligent than humans. A fearless, fun, well-informed read that brews together philosophy, computing, and sci-fi speculation.
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A Philosophical Introduction |
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Wiley-Interscience
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1993 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Artifici... |
Summary: Presupposing no familiarity with the technical concepts of either philosophy or computing, this clear introduction reviews the progress made in AI since the inception of the field in 1956. Copeland goes on to analyze what those working in AI must achieve before they can claim...
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Creating the Conscience of the Machine |
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Prometheus Books
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2007 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-A... |
Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) is now advancing at such a rapid clip that it has the potential to transform our world in ways both exciting and disturbing. Computers have already been designed that are capable of driving cars, playing soccer, and finding and organizing information...
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5691
by Daniel C. Dennett |
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Essays on Designing Minds |
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The MIT Press
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1988 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Brainchi... |
Summary: Amazon.com Review
One of the movers and shakers in the rapidly converging fields of cognitive science, philosophy of the mind, and cognitive ethology, Daniel C. Dennett is also one of the most popular and engaging expositors of science writing of the 1990s. The essays in Brainchildren...
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(Clarendon Paperbacks) |
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Oxford University Press
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1990 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Philosop... |
Summary: The late J.L. Austin’s influence on contemporary philosophy was substantial during his lifetime, and has grown greatly since his death in 1960. This third edition of Philosophical Papers, the first edition of which was published in 1961, includes all of Austin’s published papers (except “Performatif-Constatif”)...
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by J. L. Austin and G. J. Warnock |
Summary: A book presenting many of the major issues of ordinary language philosophy
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The William James Lectures Delivered in Harvard University in 1955 |
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Oxford University Press
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1976 |
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http://www.amazon.com/How-Thin... |
Summary: This work sets out Austin’s conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons...
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Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts |
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Cambridge University Press
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2008 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Expressi... |
Summary: John Searle’s Speech Acts made a highly original contribution to work in the philosophy of language. Expression and Meaning is a direct successor, concerned to develop and refine the account presented in Searle’s earlier work, and to extend its application to other modes of discourse...
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