Growing up with Lucy

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• samlittlewood · Mar 29, 2010 · Recommends

  …"Consciousness Explained" How the mind works? - J.E Gordon: "The new Science of Strog Materials" & " Structures, or why things don't fall down." How is 'stuff' strong/hard? - Steve Grand: "Creation" & "Growing up with Lucy" The programmer behind the game 'Creatures' and his adventures in artificial life. - Joseph Campbell: "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" Never look at Star Wars in the same way again. - David Deutch:…

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• basicplus2 · Mar 29, 2016 · Recommends

  Steve Grand.. this is the man for the Job I can't recomend his book enough "Growing up with Lucy"

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• kranner · Dec 14, 2016 · Recommends

  Steve Grand's other book "Growing up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps" should also be included in this list. https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Lucy-Android-Twenty/dp/075...

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• armagon · Mar 26, 2021 · Recommends

  …shelves, and it applies to everyone. It maintains that your body is either growing or dying, and you need to put time in every day getting your heart rate up if you want to live a full and healthy life. - "Growing Up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps" by Steve Grand. Written before GPU-powered machine learning, this book, by the programmer behind the "Creatures" series of games, gives interesting insight…

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