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Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive

by Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us about Being Alive

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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

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Product Details

  • Anchor Brand
  • Mar 6, 2012 Pub Date:
  • 9780307476708 ISBN-13:
  • 0307476707 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 320.0 pages Paperback
  • 7.95 in * 0.7 in * 5.25 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: