Machines Who Think

Name: Machines Who Think
ISBN: 9780716711353

by Pamela McCorduck · first published 1979

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"Pamela McCorduck first went among the artificial intelligentsia when the field was fresh and new, and asked the scientists engaged in it what they were doing and why. She saw artificial intelligence as the scientific apotheosis of one of the most enduring, glorious, often amusing, and sometimes alarming, traditions of human culture: the endless fascination with artifacts that think. Machines Who Think was translated into many languages, became an international cult classic, and stayed in print for nearly twenty years." "Now, Machines, Who Think is back, along with an extended Afterword that b

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mjn · Mar 28, 2020 · Recommends

Two on AI history: Pamela McCorduck's Machines Who Think, either the 1979 original edition, or the 2004 2nd ed, which adds a 100-page afterword covering 1979–2004. Nils Nilsson's The Quest for Artificial Intelligence (2009). They have somewhat different styles…
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mindcrime · Nov 4, 2021 · Mentions

Sad news. RIP, Ms. McCorduck. The result was “Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry Into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence” (1979), a chronicle of past attempts to mechanize thought. I was first introduced to her name when I read a book she co-wrote…
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jejones3141 · May 11, 2013 · Mentions

I'm reminded of the discussion of Joseph Weizenbaum in Pamela McCorduck's _Machines Who Think_.
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sonabinu · Apr 2, 2023 · Mentions

Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry Into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence by Pamela McCorduck Go To by Steve Lohr
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