The Muse in the Machine: Computerizing the Poetry of Human Thought

A leading mind in the world of artificial intelligence answers the provocative question: "Can we introduce emotion into the computer?"

Can we introduce emotion into the computer? David Gelernter, one of the leading lights in artificial intelligence today, begins The Muse in the Machine with this provocative question. In providing an answer, he not only points to a future revolution in computers, but radically changes our views of the human mind itself. Bringing together insights from computer science, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, and literary theory, David Gelernter presents what is sure to be a much debated view of how humans have thought, how we think today, and how computers will learn to think in the future.

Author: David Gelernter
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 01/15/2002
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.04w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780743236553

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 12/04/2009 pg. 6