Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993

by Alex Roland and Philip Shiman

Book Overview

The story of the U.S. Department of Defense's extraordinary effort, in the period from 1983 to 1993, to achieve machine intelligence.

This is the story of an extraordinary effort by the U.S. Department of Defense to hasten the advent of "machines that think." From 1983 to 1993, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spent an extra $1 billion on computer research aimed at achieving artificial intelligence. The Strategic Computing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529262
• ISBN13: 9780262529266
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher