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The Sciences of the Artificial - 3rd Edition 3rd Edition
Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools--chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms--for analyzing complexity and complex systems. There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important advances in cognitive psychology and the science of design while confirming and extending the book's basic thesis: that a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for intelligent action. The chapter Economic Reality has also been revised to reflect a change in emphasis in Simon's thinking about the respective roles of organizations and markets in economic systems.
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& quot; People sometimes ask me what they should read to find out about artificial intelligence. Herbert Simon's book The Sciences of the Artificial is always on the list I give them. Every page issues a challenge to conventional thinking, and the layman who digests it well will certainly understand what the field of artificial intelligence hopes to accomplish. I recommend it in the same spirit that I recommend Freud to people who ask about psychoanalysis, or Piaget to those who ask about child psychology: If you want to learn about a subject, start by reading its founding fathers.& quot; -- George A. Miller, Complex Information Processing
" People sometimes ask me what they should read to find out about artificial intelligence. Herbert Simon's book The Sciences of the Artificial is always on the list I give them. Every page issues a challenge to conventional thinking, and the layman who digests it well will certainly understand what the field of artificial intelligence hopes to accomplish. I recommend it in the same spirit that I recommend Freud to people who ask about psychoanalysis, or Piaget to those who ask about child psychology: If you want to learn about a subject, start by reading its founding fathers." -- George A. Miller, "Complex Information Processing"
-- George A. Miller, "Complex Information Processing"
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- ISBN-100262691914
- ISBN-13978-0262691918
- Edition3rd
- PublisherMIT Press
- Publication dateOctober 1, 1996
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions8.9 x 5.94 x 0.56 inches
- Print length248 pages
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- Publisher : MIT Press; 3rd edition (October 1, 1996)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 248 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0262691914
- ISBN-13 : 978-0262691918
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Grade level : 12 and up
- Item Weight : 12 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.9 x 5.94 x 0.56 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #391,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #319 in Social Sciences Methodology
- #660 in Artificial Intelligence & Semantics
- #7,773 in Engineering (Books)
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It's one of those books that has always made me think, not just about design and systems but about logic, patterns and critical thinking.
To summarise this book in one (long) sentence it would be:
If you have the passion to read and reflect on every single sentence and idea in the book, it helps you appreciate that you have been perceiving the world hithero in black and white
It gave you so many provoking thoughts even before the big data era.
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