A playful, profound book that is not only a testament to one man's efforts to be deemed more human than a computer, but also a rollicking exploration of what it means to be human in the first place.
"Terrific. ... Art and science meet an engaged mind and the friction produces real fire." -The New Yorker
Each year, the AI community convenes to administer the famous (and famously controversial) Turing test, pitting sophisticated software programs against humans to determine if a computer can "think." The machine that most often fools the judges wins the Most Human Computer Award. But there is also a prize, strange and intriguing, for the "Most Human Human."
Brian Christian-a young poet with degrees in computer science and philosophy-was chosen to participate in a recent competition. This
| ISBN: | 9780307476708 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 2012 |
| Author: | Brian Christian |
| Publisher: | Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Cognition and cognitive psychology Robotics Humanist philosophy |
A playful, profound book that is not only a testament to one man's efforts to be deemed more human than a computer, but also a rollicking exploration of what it means to be human in the first place."Terrific. ... But there is also a prize, strange and intriguing, for the "Most Human Human." Brian Christian-a young poet with degrees in computer science and philosophy-was chosen to participate in a recent competition.
The Most Human Human features in the following genres: Cognition and cognitive psychology, Robotics, Humanist philosophy
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The Most Human Human was written by Brian Christian and published by Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
The Most Human Human has 320 pages