Edmund Callis Berkeley (–1988)
Autor de Giant brains; or, Machines that think
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Edmund Callis Berkeley
Matematik för icke-matematiker 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1988-03-07
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Miembros
- 88
- Popularidad
- #209,356
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 9
- Idiomas
- 1
There's a speculative chapter which shows the usual underestimate of hardware speed and memory gains and overestimate of capabilities. E.g., gushing that future machines might be able to do thousands of multiplications per second and positing that voice to text will be quickly solved.
The final chapter is on the social responsibilities of computer (and robot) designers and has two completely unexpected succient and clear discussions of prejudice and narrow mindedness.
There's some period sexism which is a bit distracting, e.g., scientists are men, human computers are girls, etc. Hardly any mention of international developments, though Zuse is listed in the bibliography.… (más)