Parsing the Turing Test: Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer

by Robert Epstein

Book Overview

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 jump into the Internet and create a World Mind? Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402096240
• ISBN13: 9781402096242
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"