Shadows of the Mind (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Roger Penrose
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Science
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Psychology or psychologists, Consciousness, Mathematics or mathematicians, Computers, Thought or thinking, Physics or physicists, Brain
In 1989, with the release of Roger Penrose’s book The Emperor’s New Mind, a squabble that had until then remained largely confined within the halls of academia reached the streets—though not with considerable uproar, which is understandable considering the topic and the means necessary to the discussion of that topic. What had been brewing in the academies was a controversy over the possibility of creating intelligence in machines. The proponents of artificial intelligence (AI for short) were multitudinous, hard scientists who did not bat an eye at reducing those most...
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