Arthur I. Miller

Miller offers an excellent historical survey of artificial intelligence projects over the last several decades. His descriptions and explanations are clear, even though the subject matter is incredibly complicated. He strikes an effective balance between technical descriptions of the processes and the hardware involved. I know you can't include everything in every book, but I would have liked to hear more about how AI will obtain and use a sense of aesthetics. It wasn't until the very end of the book that Miller address ideas such as computational emotion, motivation, and appreciation. At the three-quarter mark, I was beginning to feel like we are on the cusp of building machines as artists. But when it comes to the three topics mentioned above, it's as though we've made almost no progress at all. It's only when you stop expecting aesthetic quality or emotional engagement that machines start looking like artists. And that changes the nature of the question altogether.

Also, I think his references stop around 2017, so if you're looking for insights into ChatGPT, you're not going to get much out of this book.… (more)

Narrazione fluida e assolutamente non noiosa (come invece temevo prima di iniziarne la lettura) della storia scientifica e umana di un grandissimo scienziato del XX secolo,attenta al dettaglio storico e a quello psicologico dalle testimonianze degli amici e colleghi di Chandra,ma soprattutto della sua devota moglie.
Molto interessante poter vedere come un'idea scientifica possa avere difficolt?� ad emergere,come le relazioni tra scienziati di fama siano cos?? importanti.Fa venire voglia di fare vera scienza.
Capire come ?¨ il vero problema,soprattutto in Italia...… (more)