The Artificial Intelligence Debate: False Starts, Real Foundations

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In this broad and provocative collection of original essays on artificial intelligence today, eighteen distinguished scholars set out to explain why and how certain discoveries about the human brain have or have not been used by the AI community, and whether the AI endeavor has increased out, understanding of human cognition. Their exploration focuses on the many controversies and debates that continue to vitalize the field.Contributors Jack D. Cowan, Daniel C. Dennett, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus, Gerald M. Edelman, W. Daniel Hillis, Anya Hurlbert, John McCarthy, Pamela McCorduck, Seymour Papert, Tomaso Poggio, Hilary Putnam, George N. Reeke Jr, Jacob T. Schwartz, David H. Sharp, Robert Sokolowski, Sherry Turkle, and David L. Waltz

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""The Artificial Intelligence Debate" is an outstanding contribution to understanding this complex and important field of research. For the past 25 years the hype on AI has far exceeded its accomplishments. This book, better than any textbook, defines the fundamental conceptual and cognitive problems that the field is wrestling with, articulates what the limits and constraints are, and outlines the future directions that must be taken."- C. A. Zraket, President and Chief Executive Officer, The MITRE Corporation
& quot; The Artificial Intelligence Debate is an outstanding contribution to understanding this complex and important field of research. For the past 25 years the hype on AI has far exceeded its accomplishments. This book, better than any textbook, defines the fundamental conceptual and cognitive problems that the field is wrestling with, articulates what the limits and constraints are, and outlines the future directions that must be taken.& quot; - C. A. Zraket, President and Chief Executive Officer, The MITRE Corporation
"" The Artificial Intelligence Debate" is an outstanding contribution to understanding this complex and important field of research. For the past 25 years the hype on AI has far exceeded its accomplishments. This book, better than any textbook, defines the fundamental conceptual and cognitive problems that the field is wrestling with, articulates what the limits and constraints are, and outlines the future directions that must be taken." - C. A. Zraket, President and Chief Executive Officer, The MITRE Corporation
- C. A. Zraket, President and Chief Executive Officer, The MITRE Corporation

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Stephen Graubard is Editor of Dacdalas, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at Brown University.