From Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator, to C-3PO of the Star Wars trilogy, to the comic robot-butler in Woody Allen's Sleeper, the "android" has long been a familiar figure on the American imaginative landscape. But how far removed from reality are such fictitious creations? Will there ever be an intelligent robot in our future? Neural networks expert Maureen Caudill says yes. In fact, she argues that the development of intelligent androids is a mere twenty years away. In Our Own Image reveals just how far we've come in developing an intelligent robot, describes what technical obstacles must still be cleared, and--perhaps most interesting of all--outlines the potentially massive social disruptions and tangled moral and legal dilemmas these "human machines" will cause. In a sweeping look at state-of-the-art breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, robotics, computer science, psychology, and neural networks, Caudill shows how these fields have advanced machine vision, language recognition, problem solving, memory, and other requisites of intelligent robots. She describes foot-long mechanical ants that can follow you around a room, robots that can crack eggs, shear sheep, play ping-pong, tighten wing-nuts, and other feats of dexterity. (One robot, WABOT-2, developed in Japan, can read simple sheet music and played the electric organ with the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Japan.) electric organ.) And she concludes that as our ability to make faster, smaller, cheaper computers blends with our ability to mimic the behavior of the human mind, the first truly intelligent machines come closer to fruition. But once an android has been perfected, Caudill warns, there will likely be some unexpected--and perhaps unpleasant--social changes. Androids may compete with human workers for jobs--and robots won't take vacations, won't have family problems, and might never leave the firm. Androids may also entangle our legal system in complex, difficult questions: Can an individual own an intelligent android? What rights should it have in society? Does ownership of an android imply the right to turn it off--the right to "kill" it? And does such ownership brand us as slaveholders? The existence of intelligent androids will provoke these and other questions. Caudill concludes that we will soon be forced to come up with answers if we are to learn to share the world with another intelligent species--one of our own creation.

In Our Own Image: Building an Artificial Person

Computers & Technology

Caudill, Maureen

Computer Science

Oxford University Press

From Arnold Schwartzenegger's Terminator, to C-3PO of the Star Wars trilogy, to the comic robot-butler in Woody Allen's Sleeper, the android has long been a familiar figure on the American imaginative landscape. But how far removed from reality are these fictional creations? In this sweeping look at state-of-the-art breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, robotics, computer science, and other hi-tech industries, Maureen Caudill reveals how close we are to achieving artificial vision, language recognition, problem solving, memory, and other requisites of intelligent robots. She describes foot-long mechanical ants that can follow you around a room, robots that can crack eggs, shear sheep, play ping-pong, tighten wing-nuts, and perform other feats of dexterity. And she concludes that as our ability to make faster, smaller, cheaper computers blends with our ability to mimic the behavior of the human mind, the first truly intelligent machines come closer to fruition. But once an android has been perfected, Caudill warns, there will likely be some unexpected--and perhaps unpleasant--social changes. Androids may compete with human workers for jobs--and will never call in sick. They may also entangle our legal system in complex, difficult ways: Can an individual own an intelligent android? What rights should it have in society? Does ownership of an android imply the right to turn it off--to "kill" it? The existence of intelligent androids will provoke these and other questions. Caudill concludes that we will soon be forced to come up with answers if we are to learn to share the world with another intelligent species--one of our own creation.

A detailed study of neural networks offers an informative look at the operation and uses of these systems, discussing their role in the development of artificial intelligence, as well as their applications in speech, vision, robotics, and pattern recognition

Naturally Intelligent Systems

Butler, Charles

Bradford Books

Understanding Neural Networks

Understanding Neural Networks is a textbook and workbook that provides a unique interactive learning environment. With or without the aid of a classroom instructor, it allows students and other users to learn about neural networks while gaining practical, hands-on experience with all of the leading network models. Each model is presented as realistically as possible. Also included are chapter exercises and questions, many with illustrations. The key feature of this workbook is the software. Available for PC-ATs and compatibles and the Macintosh, these disks contain a collection of full-featured commercial-quality simulators for the most important network paradigms. The user interface is graphic and easy to use, and the simulators are consistent across all networks. The simulators can also build and train significantly large networks, allowing users to construct networks on their own with data relevant to their problems. Volume 1 covers learning, attractor networks, and hierarchical networks (including back-propagation networks). Volume 2 takes up temporal networks (including recurrent networks), self-organizing networks, higher-order networks, and such new directions in neural networks as fuzzy networks and evolutionary networks. Both volumes contain instructions on how to use the workbook, an introduction, appendixes, a table of random numbers, a glossary, a bibliography, and index.

Certification

Mit Pr

For centuries, people have been fascinated by the possibility of building an artificial system that behaves intelligently. Now there is a new entry in this arena - neural networks. Naturally Intelligent Systems offers a comprehensive introduction to these exciting systems. It provides a technically accurate, yet down-to-earth discussion of neural networks, clearly explaining the underlying concepts of key neural network designs, how they are trained, and why they work. Throughout, the authors present actual applications that illustrate neural networks' utility in the new world. Maureen Caudill is a consultant based in San Diego, and author of the popular "Neural Network Primer" articles in AI Expert. Charles Butler is a Principal Research Scientist at Physical Sciences Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia.

Naturally Intelligent Systems (Bradford Books)

MIT Press]

When Lyssa Cooper decides it's time to settle down, little does she expect that the playboy-next-door would turn out to be the man of her dreams. Original.

DADDY CANDIDATE (Loveswept)

Romance

Loveswept

Was this smoke-grimed, sexy-as-hell hero hot enough to make a lady stay home nights?Jason Cooper grinned as he plotted to convince writer C.J. Stone he was so boring, bland, and courteous, he couldn't be her magazine's Sexiest Businessman!  But when a warehouse fire demanded a resourceful rescue, C.J. saw through his charade--and felt a sizzling attraction for the valiant exec whose stolen kiss left her breathless.  She'd never yearned for a cozy home and family, but would Jason tempt a spirited gypsy toward a new dream?Funny and poignant, playful and irresistibly passionate, Maureen Caudill's tale of two mismatched lovers on a collision course is utterly delicious!  He'd done his best to persuade the feisty journalist he was no candidate for hottest hunk in the state, but when he turned on his charm and dared her to discover the truth, could she ignore the challenge?

Never Say Good-Bye (Loveswept)

Contemporary

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In Our Own Image: Building an Artificial Person

In Our Own Image: Building an Artificial Person

Naturally Intelligent Systems

Understanding Neural Networks

Understanding Neural Networks

Understanding Neural Networks

Understanding Neural Networks

Naturally Intelligent Systems (Bradford Books)

DADDY CANDIDATE (Loveswept)

Never Say Good-Bye (Loveswept)