| Description |
xiv, 335 pages |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Scientific Thought - a Quick History -- Ch. 2. Numbers - Large and Small -- Ch. 3. Modeling Reality --Ch. 4. Off the Edge to Infinity -- Ch. 5. Jagged Edges - Limited by Chaos -- Ch. 6. Computers - the Thinking Machines -- Ch. 7. Computer Thought - the Difficult and the Impossible -- Ch. 8. Logic for Computers - Upper Limits on Reasoning -- Ch. 9. Real-World Limits - Mathematics, Programming, and Logic -- Ch. 10. Real-World Limits - Ethics, Law, and Politics -- Ch. 11. Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality -- Ch. 12. Computers Imitating Life --Ch. 13. Free Will - for People Only? -- Ch. 14. Why the Conscious Mind? -- Ch. 15. The Random Edge -Quantum Mysteries -- Ch. 16. Quantum Consciousness and Free Will -- Ch. 17. The Large and the Small -- Ch. 18. The Beginning and the End -- Ch. 19. Reality and Beyond |
| Summary |
Edges of Reality: Mind vs. Computer articulates the theories surrounding these questions in a lucid, easy-to-understand way that emphasizes clarity of language, and utilizes concise examples and pertinent illustrations. This book allows the reader to actually understand these ideas, not simply read about them! |
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Consider now these provocative questions about the "upper limits" of thought for both humans and computers: Can computers be conscious? What are unsolvable problems, quantum mysteries, and cosmological inquiries? Will we eventually be replaced by automatons with superintelligent computers for brains? Is there a unique mental ability that humans have that computers can never possess? These awesome, complex ideas can be overwhelming when stated in terms of equations, formulas, and mathematical theorems |
| Analysis |
Artificial intelligence Related to Mind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Artificial intelligence.
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Computers and civilization.
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Reality.
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| LC no. |
96011247 |
| ISBN |
0306452723 |
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