How the Mind Works.

This article discusses Marvin Minsky's theories on artificial intelligence. Minsky sees the human brain as analogous to a complicated computer, requiring a multiplicity of explanatory descriptions but ultimately knowable and replicable. Minsky's "The Emotion Machine" posits that the emotions are the...

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Published in:	Commentary Vol. 123; no. 5; pp. 55 - 61
Main Author:	Shapiro, Kevin
Format:	Article
Published:	Commentary, Inc. May2007
Subjects:	Artificial intelligence research Psycholinguistics Logic machines Cognition research Minsky, Marvin Lee, 1927-2016 Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & the Future of the Human Mind, The (Book)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost