Growing Up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps - Hardcover

Grand, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297607332 ISBN 13: 9780297607335

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004

Synopsis

Steve Grand's first-hand account of the three years spent trying to build the most advanced artificial intelligence robot in the world. Steve Grand is a self-taught scientist who has deliberately eschewed large public grants and laboratory affiliation so as to give himself the freedom required to put his revolutionary theories on artificial intelligence to the test. The result is Lucy, one of the most advanced research robots in existence, and it is Lucy's successes and failures which stand as indicators of the present state of robotics. The compelling story of Lucy's creation, all done in Steve's own home, is a fascinating mixture of human perseverance and cutting edge scientific endeavour. The birth of Lucy has massive implications for us all.

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About the Author

Steve Grand was cofounder and director of technology at the UK-based CyberLife Technology. He is the inventor of the groundbreaking computer game 'Creatures'. A former visiting research fellow at the University of Sussex and columnist for a leading journal on artificial intelligence, he has written numerous articles and lectures widely on the topic of artificial life. He was nominated by The Sunday Times as one of 'The Brains Behind the 21st Century', and received a CBE in the millennium honours list for his contribution to the computer games industry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297607332
• ISBN 13: 9780297607335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256