Down to the Wire

This short book is a straightforward primer on artificial intelligence. Packed with graphics, interactive elements and focus boxes, the book examines models of thought, weak and strong artificial intelligence, consciousness, free will, the Frame Problem, expert systems, robotics, and the ethics of artificial minds. Thinkers include Noam Chomsky and Alan Turing. It also introduces cognitivism, functionalism, intentionality, and reductionism. A glossary is included.


This book is ideal for undergraduate psychologists new to artificial intelligence, and for the interested general reader.