Society of Mind |
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| Author:
| Minsky, Marvin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-671-65713-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1988 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts
The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page --...
More DescriptionMarvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?"
Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page -- corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination.