Flesh and Machines (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Rodney A. Brooks
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Science
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Perception, Science or scientists, Twenty-first century, Ethics, Information science or systems, Robots or robotics, Technology, Computers, Artificial intelligence, Australia or Australians, Senses or sensation, Thought or thinking, Machinery, Vision
When most people think about intelligent robots, their images are typically of mechanical simulations of humans, epitomized perhaps by the character C3PO from the Star Wars films. In Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, Rodney A. Brooks reverses that view, showing how humans are essentially machines. He also shows how he has achieved success by negating the basic assumptions of other researchers in the artificial- intelligence community.
Early goals in artificial intelligence were mostly “things that highly educated male scientists found challenging,”...
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