The Simulation of Human Intelligence

Debating the philosophical issues of artificial intelligenceCan a computer have an artificial mind? The Simulation of Human Intelligence is a book on a series of lectures, which featured international contributors. The discussions focus on genuine artificial intelligence as the new reality. Parallels between machine and human behavior are outlined in the introduction. Advancements in engineering and computer science are presented as examples of machine progress. Perspectives are also offered from the fields of neuroscience, philosophy and linguistics.

Preface vi 1 Setting the Scene The Claim and the Issues (Roger Penrose) 1 2 The Approach Through Symbols (Allen Newell, Richard Young and Thad Polk) 33 3 Sub-Symbolic Modelling of Hand-Eye Co-ordination (Dana H. Ballard) 71 4 Networks in the Brain (Edmund T. Rolls) 103 5 Computational Vision (Michael Brady) 121 6 The Handling of Natural Language (Gerald Gazdar) 151 7 The Impact on Philosophy (Margaret A. Boden) 178 8 Comparison with Human Experiments (Donald Broadbent) 198 List of contributors 218 Index 219