This is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to be widely discussed today. A group of prominent academics from a wide range of disciplines focus on three questions famously raised by Turing: What, if any, are the limits on machine 'thinking'? Could a machine be genuinely intelligent? Might we ourselves be biological machines, whose thought consists essentially in nothing more than the interaction of neurons according to strictly determined rules? The discussion of these fascinating issues is accessible to non-specialists and stimulating for all readers.
Also available in paperback is the companion volume: Connectionism, Concepts, and Folk Psychology, edited by Andy Clark and Peter Millican. While Volume 1 concentrates on Turing's main innovations in artificial intelligence, Volume 2 looks more broadly at his intellectual legacy in philosophy and cognitive science.
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a useful and thought-provoking cross-section of some of the most interesting lines of inquiry that Turing has inspired. * Norman Gall, Minds and Machines * A fascinating series of essays ... we can all learn by reading these essays because they encourage us to explore issues beyond our normal sphere of expertise. * Choice *
Introduction ;
1. Subcognition and the Limits of the Turing Test ;
2.
Turing's Test and Conscious Thought ;
3. The Turing Test: AI's Biggest Blind
Alley? ;
4. The Intentional Stance and the Imitation Game ;
5. Machine as
Mind ;
6. Minds, Machines, and Godel: A Retrospect ;
7. Human versus
Mechanical Intelligence ;
8. The Church-Turing Thesis: Its Nature and Status
;
9. Measurement and Computational Description ;
10. Beyond Turing
Equivalence ;
11. The Demise of the Turing Machine in Complexity Theory ;
12.
A Grammar-Based Approach to Common-Sense Reasoning ;
13. Chaos: Its Past, its
Present, but Mostly its Future ;
14. The Hierarchies of Knowledge and the
Mathematics of Discovery
Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computer Studies at the University of Leeds. Andy Clark is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Project at Washington University, St Louis, Missouri.
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