Common Sense, the Turing Test, and the Quest for Real AI

190 Pages·2017·2.54 MB·English

by  Hector J. Levesque

Common Sense, the Turing Test,
and the Quest for Real AI

Common Sense, the Turing Test,
and the Quest for Real AI
Hector J. Levesque
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
© 2017 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Levesque, Hector J., 1951- author.
Title: Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI /
Hector J. Levesque.
Description: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2017] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016033671 | ISBN 9780262036047 (hardcover : alk.
paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Thought and thinking. | Intellect. | Computational
intelligence. | Artificial intelligence--Philosophy.
Classification: LCC BF441 .L483 2017 | DDC 006.301--dc23 LC record
available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016033671
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Contents
Preface  ix
Acknowledgments  xiii
1 What Kind of AI? 1
2 The Big Puzzle 15
3 Knowledge and Behavior 29
4 Making It and Faking It 45
5 Learning with and without Experience 65
6 Book Smarts and Street Smarts 77
7 The Long Tail and the Limits to Training 87
8 Symbols and Symbol Processing 101
9 Knowledge-Based Systems 115
10 AI Technology 129
End Notes  143
References  157
Index  169