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June 02, 2008
Books : Books 2008/06/02
Current count of books pending to be read: 110
Read one, purchased none.
Books finished this week:
The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mindby Marvin Minsky
This is essentially an updated version of professor Minsky’s theory of intelligence (human or artificial) which he originally elaborated in “Society of Mind”. It is still a complex theory, using many different kinds of elements playing against each other, and one which I would not consider “elegant”; although Minsky addresses this point directly in the book, claiming that while it may be possible at some point to simplify the theory (presumably be merging certain concepts), he believe it is premature to try to do so since the multiplicity of idea provides freedom in their application. I’m still not sure. What I will say is that the version of the theory here is certainly clearer and more comprehensive than the earlier version in “Society of Mind”
Computer Games Played: LotRO
DVDs Watched: none
Next Book: New Theories of Everything
Posted by Steven at June 2, 2008 05:00 AM
