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The Sciences of the Artificial, 3rd Edition [Kindle Edition]

Herbert A. Simon (Author)
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"People sometimes ask me what they should read to find out about artificial intelligence. Herbert Simon"s book The Sciences of the Artificial is always on the list I give them. Every page issues a challenge to conventional thinking, and the layman who digests it well will certainly understand what the field of artificial intelligence hopes to accomplish. I recommend it in the same spirit that I recommend Freud to people who ask about psychoanalysis, or Piaget to those who ask about child psychology: If you want to learn about a subject, start by reading its founding fathers." George A. Miller , Complex Information Processing

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Discusses current themes and the tools - the mathematics of chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms - used to analyze complexity and complex systems. DLC: Science - Philosophy.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 652 KB
  • Print Length: 252 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0262691914
  • Publisher: The MIT Press; 3 edition (1 Oct 1996)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002U60C7S
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #168,946 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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A real must for scientists. In this book Simon sets the standard of the sector and confirms himself as the father of artificial intelligence.
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Explores economics, management, computer science, psychology and phylosophy to understand human being and artifacts, the work of human being. Ideas presented are highly philosophical but widely applicable to the real world, especially when designing organization or large projects.
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Simon sheds light on the positive aspect of our bounded rationality from a biological analogy, in which, because of our bounded rationality, and because we can therefore greatly enhance our limited knowledge and skill by accepting information and advice from the social groups to which we belong, individuals who are docile Ewho tend to accept such information and advice Ehave a great advantage in fitness. The altruistic individual will be fitter than non-docile individual, enabling the former to more increase its capabilities for specialisation and division of work, to finally adjust themselves to achieve the desired purpose. It may be true that the altruism is an important factor in the efficacy of organizations and institutions. However, how many trials and errors will it need for us to evolve or have mutations to be so docile or altruistic? This book gives us a great hint.
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