Society of Mind
MIT Course Number:
6.868
Author:
Minsky, Marvin
Isbn 13:
9780671657130
ISBN: 0671657135
Pub Date:
Mar 1, 1988
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
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Marvin Minsky - one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT - gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: How does the mind work? Minsky brilliantly potrays the mind as a society of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts this book as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter - on a self contained page - corresponds to a piece of the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, this book is an adventure of the imagination.
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