The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics
Author: Roger Penrose
For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do? In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose–eminent p….Read More
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