Semantic Information Processing - Hardcover

Minsky, Ml

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262130440 ISBN 13: 9780262130448

Publisher: MIT Press, 1969

Synopsis

This book collects a group of experiments directed toward making intelligent machines. Each of the programs described here demonstrates some aspect of behavior that anyone would agree require some intelligence, and each program solves its own kinds of problems. These include resolving ambiguities in word meanings, finding analogies between things, making logical and nonlogical inferences, resolving inconsistencies in information, engaging in coherent discourse with a person, and building internal models for representation of newly acquired information. Each of the programs has serious limitations, but the chapter authors provide clear perspectives for viewing both the achievements and limitations of their programs. But what is much more important than what these particular programs achieve are the methods they use to achieve what they do.

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About the Author

Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) was Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Donner Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He was a cofounder of the MIT Media Lab and a consultant for the One Laptop Per Child project.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262130440
• ISBN 13: 9780262130448
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440