Reviews for Brain-Inspired IT II Decision and Behavioral Choice Organized by Natural and Artificial: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Brain-inspired Information Technology he

The average rating for Brain-Inspired IT II Decision and Behavioral Choice Organized by Natural and Artificial: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Brain-inspired Information Technology he based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-06-26 00:00:00 Renee Snoddy Sam Williams offers us a well-constructed time capsule of AI debates circa the dawn of the 21st Century, when much of the debate was about AI becoming "human" -- passing the Turing Test by developing "general intelligence" in computing algorithms. Twenty years on, there's certainly efforts in that direction (and there's still much discussion of a post-human robotic future) but much of what AI is actually focused on now (and where AI is making money) seems to be in using the power of the cloud to develop machine learning. Robotic humans don't appear all that much closer than they did in 2000. Starting with the inspiration of Hilbert and Turing, Williams goes on to cover the pioneering work of John McCarthy and the work of three other representative men in AI at the start of this century -- Ray Kurzweil, the Optimist; Jaron Lanier, the Humanist; Bill Joy, the Pessimist. Having read some of Kurzweil's work and knowing Bill Joy from the computing press at the time of the writing of this book, I was very happy to be introduced to Jaron Lanier, who's apparently still active in the field. Kurzweil works at Google now, I believe, and Bill Joy has faded from the limelight. I borrowed the paperback from the Rice University Library and resisted the temptation to just buy the kindle version, though I may still buy the Kindle version because it is a very well written little book, and I'm fascinated by the prospect of clicking on the links in his Website Resources Directory at the end of the book.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-02-19 00:00:00 Harold Price I found out about this book while researching other works by Sam Williams, of whom I had read before "Free as in Freedom". I'm glad I did because Sam Williams is such as good chronicler of computer science history as he proves in this book as well as in "Free as in Freedom". First of all, I think it's worth clarifying what this book is and what is not. This book is not a kind introduction to A.I for the general public, and neither it is a sensationalist discussion about the same topic. This book is, from my point of view, a snapshot of the state of the art of A.I at the beginning of the 21st century. It consists mainly of three interviews with 3 relevant people in the field: Ray Kurzweil, "the optimist"; Jarouz Lanier, "the humanist" and Bill Joy, "the pesimist". Among the three, Bill Joy is perhaps an intruder in the field of A.I but his essay "Why the future doesn't need us", published in Wired maganize in early 2000, where he discusses the moral implications of genetics, robotics and nanotechnology brought him to the spotlight, granting him a slot here. Besides these 3 interviews, the essay also features a beautifully crafted chronicle of the history of A.I and computer science, without any doubt one of the best I've ever read, as well as an epilogue chapter where several conclusions, and new questions, are exposed. Another thing I loved of this book was the quality of its bibliography and references to other works. Summarizing, I would strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in A.I from a historical point of view, but take into account that certain familiarity with A.I and computer science is probably needed.