The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human MindSimon and Schuster, 2007-11-13 - 400 psl. In this mind-expanding book, scientific pioneer Marvin Minsky continues his groundbreaking research, offering a fascinating new model for how our minds work. He argues persuasively that emotions, intuitions, and feelings are not distinct things, but different ways of thinking. By examining these different forms of mind activity, Minsky says, we can explain why our thought sometimes takes the form of carefully reasoned analysis and at other times turns to emotion. He shows how our minds progress from simple, instinctive kinds of thought to more complex forms, such as consciousness or self-awareness. And he argues that because we tend to see our thinking as fragmented, we fail to appreciate what powerful thinkers we really are. Indeed, says Minsky, if thinking can be understood as the step-by-step process that it is, then we can build machines -- artificial intelligences -- that not only can assist with our thinking by thinking as we do but have the potential to be as conscious as we are. Eloquently written, The Emotion Machine is an intriguing look into a future where more powerful artificial intelligences await. |
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... describe the effects of large networks of processes inside our brains. For example, chapter 4 will demonstrate that “consciousness” refers to more than twenty different such processes! it might appear to make everything worse, to change ...
... describe the effects of large networks of processes inside our brains. For example, chapter 4 will demonstrate that “consciousness” refers to more than twenty different such processes! it might appear to make everything worse, to change ...
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... describe me as “down” or “depressed.” Why do i have such states of mind—or moods, or feelings, or dispositions—and what causes all of their strange effects? some popular answers to this are, “Those changes are caused by chemicals in the ...
... describe me as “down” or “depressed.” Why do i have such states of mind—or moods, or feelings, or dispositions—and what causes all of their strange effects? some popular answers to this are, “Those changes are caused by chemicals in the ...
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... we want to understand, or is it one of those subjects that we don't really want to know more about? hear our friend charles attempt to describe his latest infatuation. “i've just fallen in love with a wonderful person. i FALLING IN LOVE.
... we want to understand, or is it one of those subjects that we don't really want to know more about? hear our friend charles attempt to describe his latest infatuation. “i've just fallen in love with a wonderful person. i FALLING IN LOVE.
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... describing the person who's saying them! Wonderful. indescribable. (i can't figure out what attracts me to her.) i scarcely can think of anything else. (Most of my mind has stopped working.) unbelievably perfect. incredible. (no ...
... describing the person who's saying them! Wonderful. indescribable. (i can't figure out what attracts me to her.) i scarcely can think of anything else. (Most of my mind has stopped working.) unbelievably perfect. incredible. (no ...
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... describes a variety of different processes. thus we use the word anger to abbreviate a diverse collection of mental states, some of which change our ways to perceive, so that innocent gestures get turned into threats—and thus make us ...
... describes a variety of different processes. thus we use the word anger to abbreviate a diverse collection of mental states, some of which change our ways to perceive, so that innocent gestures get turned into threats—and thus make us ...
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ATTACHMENTS AND GOALS | 36 |
FROM PAIN TO SUFFERING | 66 |
CONSCIOUSNESS | 94 |
LEVELS OF MENTAL ACTIVITIES | 129 |
COMMON SENSE | 162 |
THINKING | 215 |
RESOURCEFULNESS | 254 |
THE SELF | 298 |
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