AI

Its Nature and Future

Margaret A. Boden

• Decribes how research in artificial intelligence has provided fruitful results in robotics and theoretical biology
• Covers the history of the increasingly specialized field of AI, highlighting its successes and looking towards its future
• Shows how AI has been valuable in helping to understand the mental processes of memory, learning and language for living creatures

AI

Its Nature and Future

Margaret A. Boden

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AI

Its Nature and Future

Margaret A. Boden

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AI

Its Nature and Future

Margaret A. Boden

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AI

Its Nature and Future

Margaret A. Boden

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