ABSTRACT

This book is a history of artificial intelligence, that audacious effort to duplicate in an artifact what we consider to be our most important property—our intelligence. It is an invitation for anybody with an interest in the future of the human race to participate in the inquiry.

part One|107 pages

Beginnings

chapter Chapter One|33 pages

Brass for Brain

chapter Chapter Two|21 pages

From Energy to Information

chapter Chapter Three|26 pages

The Machinery of Wisdom

chapter Chapter Four|23 pages

Meat Machines

part Two|84 pages

The Turning Point

chapter Chapter Five|26 pages

The Dartmouth Conference

chapter Chapter Six|34 pages

The Information-Processing Model

chapter Chapter Seven|22 pages

Fun and Games

part Three|47 pages

Resistance

chapter Chapter Eight|16 pages

Us and Them

chapter Chapter Nine|29 pages

L'Affaire Dreyfus

part Four|110 pages

Realizations

chapter Chapter Ten|34 pages

Robotics and General Intelligence

chapter Chapter Eleven|39 pages

Language, Scenes, Symbols, and Understanding

chapter Chapter Twelve|34 pages

Applied Artificial Intelligence

part Five|63 pages

The Tensions of Choice

chapter Chapter Thirteen|28 pages

Can a Made-Up Mind Be Moral?

chapter Chapter Fourteen|33 pages

Forging the Gods 1

part Six|119 pages

Afterword

chapter |105 pages

Afterword

The Following Quarter-Century of Artificial Intelligence

chapter |11 pages

Time Line

The Evolution of Intelligence