marvin lee minsky (10 Ergebnisse)

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. Juliana Lee (illustrator). Tenth printing. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 339, [1] pages. Illustrations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Book has some lower right corner curving. Cover has some edgewear and soiling. No dust jacket issued. Isaac Asimov, in Information Week, described this work as "270 brilliantly original essays on .how the mind works." This book tries to explain how the mind works. The Society of Mind is a construct in which each mind is made up of many smaller processes, which Minsky called agents. Each mental agent by itself can only do some simple thing that needs no mind or thought at all. Yet when these agents join other agents in societies--in certain very special ways--this leads to true intelligence. Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 - January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy. In the early 1970s, at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, Minsky and Papert started developing what came to be called the Society of Mind theory. The theory attempts to explain how what we call intelligence could be a product of the interaction of non-intelligent parts. Minsky says that the biggest source of ideas about the theory came from his work in trying to create a machine that uses a robotic arm, a video camera, and a computer to build with children's blocks. In 1986, Minsky published The Society of Mind, a comprehensive book on the theory which, unlike most of his previously published work, was written for a general audience. Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page -- corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Minsky, cofounder of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, is a charter member of the community of AI pioneers committed to understanding the workings of the human mind and mimicking its processes by computer. Here he takes his place as this generation's Buckminster Fuller, a revered seminal thinker whose depth and originality sometimes place him out of reach for many. But Minsky's difference is his style: he writes aphoristically, with wit and precision, and makes the most of his perception that the mind learns by images, which perform as agents that connect, interact and even "censor'' in a staggeringly subtle 'society' of microprocedures. This holistic view of the mind's learning stages is the culmination of Minsky's study, and its insights into the developing world of computers-as-machines are matched by paradoxically intuitive glimpses of the growth of a sense of' self' through introspection, short- and long-term memory, mind-frames utilizing pictures and language. Minsky's creative terminology for freshly perceived mental processes is a major contribution to the future of mind-science.

Paperback Shinsho. Zustand: Brand New. Japanese language. 6.69x4.41x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Creasing visible to front cover board. Spine cracked at bottom of front cover board. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Interior pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show signs of wear. All pages intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. Moderate amount of notations and highlighting throughout the book. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Juliana Lee (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Touchstone Edition, 1988; later paperback printing. Oversized Touchstone paperback edition of Marvin Minsky's The Society of Mind, inscribed by Minsky on the title page: "For Carol, Marvin Minsky, October 1990." Includes miscellaneous related Marvin Minsky / artificial intelligence ephemera and newspaper clippings kept with the book. Illustrations by Juliana Lee. Approx. 11" x 8.25". A foundational work in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and computer science, written by one of the central figures in the development of Al and cofounder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. This copy is desirable for its Minsky inscription and accompanying period ephemera, but it is condition-compromised and is being graded conservatively as Good only. Condition: Good only. Binding remains sound and the book is complete, but there are notable prior-owner markings and handling issues throughout. Front wrapper has a dog-eared crease to the lower corner. Rear wrapper has minor dog-eared wear at the top corner. Front free endpaper has a prior owner name/phone number in pen. Interior contains scattered markings, including yellow highlighter on pp. 9-15 and 17; red ink on pp. 29, 65, and 286; pink highlighter on pp. 72, 134, 135, 323, and 326; pencil on p. 193. Pages 211-222 show cockling/waviness. Pages 334-339 have minor dog-eared top-edge corners. Additional light handling wear consistent with use. Sold as a complete, signed, Al-history collector/research copy with all noted cond issues fully disclosed. Offered for collectible, historical, bibliographic, and research purposes only. Hidden Shelf Books does not endorse or verify the claims, legal theories, political views, or instructions contained in this publication. Not legal, tax, financial, or professional advice. Inscribed by Author(s).