Editorial Review

Douglas Hofstadter, best known for his masterpiece Read more

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Trivia
This is not a review of the book, but trivia for those interested ~
A serious read for AI wonks
I read this book when it first came out. At the time I had a deep interest in all things AI. The book presents Dr. Hofstadter's experiences (along with those of his graduate students) of implementing creativity modeling systems (and others) at the Fluid Analogies Research Group (FARG). The book is not an easy read. The reader will need to be diligent and not get deterred. The book also is a bit dry in areas, but those who are truly interested in the subject matter will not mind, much.

Too distant from my usual routes ...
Many books by D. Hofstadter are at the top standings of my personal parade, but in reading this book I found myself very likely too distant from my usual interests and preferred styles. The initial part is very interesting, but when the author carries on detailed descriptions about programs' features in conversational shape, I have been quickly bored, and I have given up attentive reading turning to an eagle eye approach. I would have been by far more comfortable with a more formal explanation, because, once I make the effort to follow the thourough description of what and how a program does, it is more convenient to study its algorithms.Read more

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial intelligence    3. Cognitive Psychology    4. Cognitive science    5. Computer Books: General    6. Computer simulation    7. General    8. Mind & Body    9. Science    10. Cognition & cognitive psychology    11. Philosophy of mind   

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Amazing
I can't believe I waited so long to read this book -- it truly is a classic. This is the way AI should be done: by focusing on the right level of abstraction, situated above the level of neuroscience but below the level of simple input-output function mapping. Finally, a computer model that makes those first steps towards doing the same thing that people do.
Redefining what artificial intelligence is all about
Melanie Mitchell's analogy-making as perception is a remarkably original book.It documents an artificial intelligence project known as copycat, which was implemented as the author's PhD project under DouglasHofstadter. THE insightful project on machine perception
Since AI researchers are generally engineers, they historically did what engineers do: they broke up the mind in very clear-cut divisions, one for the perception of the things out there in the world, and another,symbolically, to do "abstract cogitation".Read more

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence - General    3. Artificial intelligence    4. Cognitive Psychology    5. Computer Books: General    6. Computer simulation    7. Computers    8. Computers - Other Applications    9. Copycat (Computer file)    10. Mathematical Psychology    11. Miscellaneous Software    12. Neural Networks    13. Perception    14. Computer modelling & simulation    15. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    16. Neurosciences   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Computers - General Information    4. Reasoning   

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my epiphany
I laughed, I cried, it changed my life!

THE right track to genuine intelligence
Since AI researchers are generally engineers, theyhistorically did what engineers do: they broke up the mind in very clear-cut divisions, one for the perception of the things out there in the world, and another,symbolically, to do "abstract cogitation".Read more

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Artificial Intelligence - General    4. Cognitive Psychology    5. Computers - General Information    6. Psychology    7. Cognition & cognitive psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Artificial Intelligence - General    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers    6. Computers - General Information    7. Congresses    8. Logic    9. Computers / Artificial Intelligence   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General    2. Computer Vision    3. Congresses    4. Life Sciences - Zoology - General    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Neuroscience    7. Physiological Optics    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Vision    11. Visual Perception    12. Animal physiology    13. Physiological & neuro-psychology    14. Science / Zoology   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Artificial Intelligence - General    4. Automatic theorem proving    5. Computers - General Information    6. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Computer Books: Operating Systems    4. Decision making    5. Decision-Making (Psychological Aspects)   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Artificial Intelligence - General    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computer Books: Languages    6. Computer Science    7. Computers    8. Computers - General Information    9. Congresses    10. Inference    11. Programming - General    12. Reasoning   

Subjects:  1. Analogy (Linguistics)    2. Artificial Intelligence - General    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    6. Linguistic analysis (Linguisti    7. Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)    8. Linguistics    9. Philosophy    10. Probability & Statistics - General    11. Structural Linguistics    12. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    13. Computers-Artificial Intelligence - General    14. Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics    15. Mathematics-Probability & Statistics - General   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence - General    3. Language    4. Language Arts & Disciplines    5. Linguistics    6. Logic    7. Metaphor    8. Philosophy    9. Philosophy Of Language    10. Possibility    11. Semantics (Philosophy)    12. English    13. Philosophy / General   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence    2. Computer Bks - General Information    3. Computer Books: Languages    4. Reasoning    5. System design   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Artificial Intelligence - General    4. Computer Science    5. Computers    6. Computers - Languages / Programming    7. General    8. Metaphor    9. Programming Language Semantics    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Agent Technology    12. Computer Communications & Networking    13. Computers / Artificial Intelligence    14. Formal Reasoning    15. Interactive Systems    16. Knowledge-based systems / expert systems    17. Linguistics    18. Multi-Agent Systems    19. Programming languages    20. Robotics   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial Intelligence    3. Congresses    4. Inference    5. Logic    6. Mathematics    7. Reasoning    8. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Artificial intelligence    2. Electromechanical analogies    3. Learning    4. Mathematical models    5. Nervous system   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial intelligence   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial intelligence    3. Reasoning   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial intelligence    3. Machine learning    4. Planning   

Subjects:  1. Artificial intelligence   

Subjects:  1. Analogy    2. Artificial intelligence    3. Problem solving