In the readition of the bestselling Chaos and A Brief History of Time, here is a science book with mainstream appeal. Proponents of artificial intelligence maintain that eventually a computer will be able to do everything a human mind can do, but Oxford University Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose explains his view that there are facets of human thinking that can never be ...
In the readition of the bestselling Chaos and A Brief History of Time, here is a science book with mainstream appeal. Proponents of artificial intelligence maintain that eventually a computer will be able to do everything a human mind can do, but Oxford University Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose explains his view that there are facets of human thinking that can never be emulated by a machine. Drawings throughout.
Some love it, some hate it, but The Emperor's New Mind, physicist Roger Penrose's 1989 treatise attacking the foundations of strong artificial intelligence, is crucial for anyone interested in the history of thinking about AI and consciousness. Part survey of modern physics, part exploration of the philosophy of mind, the book is not for casual readers--though it's not overly technical, it rarely pauses to let the reader catch a breath. The overview of relativity and quantum theory, written by a master, is priceless and uncontroversial. The exploration of consciousness and AI, though, is generally considered as resting on shakier ground.
Penrose claims that there is an intimate, perhaps unknowable relation between quantum effects and our thinking, and ultimately derives his anti-AI stance from his proposition that some, if not all, of our thinking is non-algorithmic. Of course, these days we believe that there are other avenues to AI than traditional algorithmic programming; while he has been accused of setting up straw robots to knock down, this accusation is unfair. Little was then known about the power of neural networks and behavior-based robotics to simulate (and, some would say, produce) intelligent problem-solving behavior. Whether these tools will lead to strong AI is ultimately a question of belief, not proof, and The Emperor's New Mind offers powerful arguments useful to believer and nonbeliever alike. --Rob Lightner
“皇帝新脑”的“门修斯” 作者：PLGN The Emperor's New Mind是牛津大学的Roger Penrose教授写的一本重要的学术专著，目的是参与心灵哲学问题的讨论。可是这本心灵哲学的专著一交到中国的出版社（湖南科学技术出版社）手里，居然变成了物理方面的科普读物，归入了向...
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1 有用 Vermouth 2018-05-02 01:09:00
论点非常小众，基本也没有什么论据可言，都是猜测。不过很开脑洞，还蛮好玩的
0 有用 zrfbyfd 2014-01-26 14:23:33
Well，到后期的argument不大严谨，估计是问题本身太难了，但是足够有趣~改天写个书评。
2 有用 [已注销] 2015-07-06 01:42:10
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0 有用 奔跑的肉夹馍 2011-11-23 22:07:12
这本书超赞的 上数理逻辑课的刘西洋老师力荐
8 有用 feanor 2012-12-07 00:16:06
原本有趣的話題，跨學科不同知識的介紹，都被作者毫不layman-friendly的寫法變成一次非常辛苦的閱讀過程，不管他人怎樣吹捧，Penrose不適合寫科普。