- Paperback: 394 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press; New edition edition (14 April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262692112
- ISBN-13: 978-0262692113
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 20.1 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 890,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I became operational...in Urbana, Illinois, on January 12, 1997.Inspired by HAL's self-proclaimed birth date, HAL's Legacy reflects upon science fiction's most famous computer and explores the relationship between science fantasy and technological fact. The informative, nontechnical chapters written especially for this book describe many of the areas of computer science critical to the design of intelligent machines, discuss whether scientists in the 1960s were accurate about the prospects for advancement in their fields, and look at how HAL has influenced scientific research.Contributions by leading scientists look at the technologies that would be critical if we were, as Arthur Clarke and Stanley Kubrick imagined thirty years ago, to try and build HAL in 1997: supercomputers, fault-tolerance and reliability, planning, artificial intelligence, lipreading, speech recognition and synthesis, commonsense reasoning, the ability to recognize and display emotion, and human-machine interaction. A separate chapter by philosopher Daniel Dennett considers the ethical implications of intelligent machines.
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With most science fiction films, the more science you understand the less you admire the film or respect its makers. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Dave...Don't Stop!,
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This review is from: HAL's Legacy: "2001's" Computer as Dream and Reality (Hardcover)
Prior to attending a lecture by Dr. David Stork at a celebration of HAL 9000's birthday in Urbana, Illinois, I had only a passing interest in the field of Artificial Intelligence. After the lecture, I was motivated to learn more and bought a copy of his book, Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer As Dream and Reality. It turned out to be one of the most thought-provoking as well as entertaining books I have read.
Through a series of expert essays, Stork explores the current state and direction of Artificial Intelligence using HAL as both backdrop and benchmark.
Non-technical readers will enjoy the way that the scientists that Stork has chosen present their theories of what it would take for us to realize Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's vision of HAL.
HAL's Legacy analyzes the prospects and possibilities of computers being able to converse, understand natural language, visualize, feel emotion, and even make value judgements. It also give the reader a new appreciation of the science that went into the science fiction of the movie 2001.
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A fascinating account of progress of artificial intelligence,
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This review is from: HAL's Legacy: "2001's" Computer as Dream and Reality (Hardcover)
This is a well written and easy to understand book about artificial intelligence. This book examines "2001: A Space Odyssey," from the standpoint of scientific predictions. It examines the central character of the book - HAL 9000, the highly intelligent computer that has emotions. It explores questions such as whether HAL can be built, why is HAL late for his party and how the technologies, enabling HAL, are progressing. It also examines the feature film from the view point of a scientist. It examines the making of the film and shows how faithfulness it is to science. You will gain a much greater appreciation of the book "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the epic film after you read the book.
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An insightful look at the future of supercomputing,
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This review is from: HAL's Legacy: "2001's" Computer as Dream and Reality (Hardcover)
I found "Hal's Legacy" to be an insightful and compelling look at the future of supercomputing, as well as the increasing role of computers in our lives today. It asks top scientists and social visionaries the question: How close or far are we to creating the HAL envisioned by Kubrick and Clarke in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey?" I highly recommend it.
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