The Society of Mind Paperback – March 15, 1988

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Quinbould

Minsky is a bold thinker

February 6, 2003

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I work in virtual human technology and Minsky has long been an inspiration. I can't just sit down and read this stuff through, I have to think about it in chunks. Society of Mind suggests some operational views of the mind that can be helpful in designing thinking machines. I don't always agree with him and sometimes he's not the easiest guy to read, but overall this book is a must read for any one interested in how the mind may work and how to emulate it with Natural Language/artificial Intelligence engines.

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August 30, 2015

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Marvin Minsky, no need comment

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Brilliant, Inspiring

September 3, 2010

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I'm currently an artificial intelligence developer, and Society of Mind is one of the books that originally sparked my interest in the subject. It's concise, well-written, thought-provoking, and easy to read. I've re-read many sections of this book through the years, and it holds up well to the test of time. If you're at all interested in artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, or the human brain - buy this book immediately!

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How the mind works with ideas from artificial intelligence

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dyagmin

June 2, 2012

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The book kind of reads like a series of short essays. Each is like a little important part that adds up to the whole. Most of it revolves around the idea of the mind consisting of agents that execute functions, much like a computer processor executing functions which obviously the author is inspired from. The beauty is in the simplicity. Though there are a lot of chapters, each one is really simple but you can see how they can add up in a more than the sum of the parts, kind of way.

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Brilliant, enlightening and mind boggling!

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Doran

February 27, 2010

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Minsky offers a super intelligent model of the human brain/mind in simple and accessible language and addresses some of philosophy's oldest riddles with ease and smoothness. A sheer delight! Must read for anyone who wishes to explore the concepts on mind, intelligence and perception.

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June Massoud

November 9, 2009

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This book is full of very original ideas, from a very original thinker. The computer science concepts are treated very differently from any other comp sci author I've seen before.
It's a great book to read, but not so easy to understand. You need to be deeply philosophical to understand and enjoy it. I am, so I do. It helps to have a background in psychology of computers.

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The Society of Mind, a book for robotics

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Joalbert Palacios

July 16, 2011

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The book's state was according to the mentioned by vendor, that for me it's an important thing. The content of the book, I think it is good to know that model in order to program robots or at least simulation of them and at the same time have good results in the process.

This book permanently altered how I see the world of people, the human mind

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