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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric B Baum |
| ISBN: | 0262025485 9780262025485 0262524570 9780262524575 |
| OCLC Number: | 52750024 |
| Notes: | "A Bradford book". |
| Description: | ix, 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The mind is a computer program -- The Turing test, the Chinese room, and what computers can't do -- Occam's razor and understanding -- Optimization -- Remarks on Occam's razor -- Reinforcement learning -- Exploiting structure -- Modules and metaphors -- Evolutionary programming -- Intractability -- The evolution of learning -- Language and the evolution of thought -- The evolution of consciousness -- What is thought? |
| Responsibility: | Eric B. Baum. |
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"A book that is admirable as much for its candor as its ambition... If What is Thought? can inspire a new generation of computer scientists to inquire anew about the nature of thought, it will be a valuable contribution indeed." Gary Marcus Science "...[Should] engage general readers who wish to enjoy a clear, understandable description of many advanced principles of computer science." Igor Aleksander Nature Read more...
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