The Muse in the Machine: computerizing the poetry of human thought.

Gelernter, David

ISBN 10: 0029116023 / ISBN 13: 9780029116029

Published by Free Press 1994 New York, 1994

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VG-/VG- 1st hb 211pp Index, Refs. Scar FEP/inside front board, soiling edges, wear boards, DJ: soiling, wear extremities, crease bottom spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Muse in the Machine: computerizing the poetry of human thought.
• Publisher: Free Press 1994 New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0029116023
• ISBN 13: 9780029116029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: F.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Examines the full spectrum of human cognition--including creativity, common sense, spirituality, and dreaming--describes the role that emotion plays in these thought processes, and explains how it is possible to introduce emotions into artificial intelligence systems.

About the Author

David Gelernter is the author of eight books and a professor of computer science at Yale University. His 1991 work, Mirror Worlds, not only "foresaw" (Reuters) the World Wide Web but is considered "one of the most influential books in computer science" (Technology Review). Gelernter's research has proved important to several leading Web-search efforts and has also been instrumental in the development of the Java programming language and the first modern social networks, as well as predicting the rise of blogs and activity streams such as Facebook and Twitter.