{"product_id":"emotion-machine-commonsense-thinking-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-the-human-mind-1","title":"Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEmotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMarvin Minsky\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780743276634\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e400\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eOur minds are working all the time, but we rarely stop to think about how they work. The human mind has many different ways to think, says Marvin Minsky, the leading figure in artificial intelligence and computer science. We use these different ways of thinking in different circumstances, and some of them we don't even associate with thinking. For example, emotions, intuitions, and feelings are just other forms of thinking, according to Minsky. In his groundbreaking new work, \"The Emotion Machine,\" Minsky shows why we should expand our ideas about thinking and how thinking itself might change in the future.\u003cp\u003e\"The Emotion Machine\" explains how our minds work, how they progress from simple kinds of thought to more complex forms that enable us to reflect on ourselves -- what most people refer to as consciousness, or self-awareness. Unlike other broad theories of the mind, this book proceeds in a step-by-step fashion that draws on detailed and specific examples. It shows that thinking -- even higher-level thinking -- can be broken down into a series of specific actions. From emotional states to goals and attachments and on to consciousness and awareness of self, we can understand the process of thinking in all its intricacy. And once we understand thinking, we can build machines -- artificial intelligences -- that can assist with our thinking, machines that can follow the same thinking patterns that we follow and that can think as we do. These humanlike thinking machines would also be emotion machines -- just as we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant book that challenges many ideas about thinking and the mind. It is as insightful and provocative as it is original, the fruit of a lifetime spentthinking about thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind | Marvin Minsky | Hardcover | 9780743276634 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks I 1754261","offer_id":49005332955288,"sku":"1754261","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71j9Lkt3SmL_1a397366-80c6-4415-b667-95ff8245b587.jpg?v=1778313867","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/emotion-machine-commonsense-thinking-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-the-human-mind-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}