Larry W. reviewed The Tomorrow Makers: A Brave New World of Living-Brain Machines on + 4 more book reviews
The Tomorrow Makers is a book of essays covering the developement of artifical intelligence in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
From back cover: THE TOMORROW MAKERS is a spellbinding account of visionary researchers and scientists and the modern-day quest for immortality. Aqard-winning writer grant Fjermedal tracks the evolution of artificial intelligence and robotics--a brave new world of science that is progressing at breakneck speed. He provides a heady glimpse into a world of organic molecular computers smaller than a grain of sand; of lifelike androids that are intellegent and charming; and--most extraordinary of all--of the process of downloading individual human minds into computerized robots that will live forever....
From back cover: THE TOMORROW MAKERS is a spellbinding account of visionary researchers and scientists and the modern-day quest for immortality. Aqard-winning writer grant Fjermedal tracks the evolution of artificial intelligence and robotics--a brave new world of science that is progressing at breakneck speed. He provides a heady glimpse into a world of organic molecular computers smaller than a grain of sand; of lifelike androids that are intellegent and charming; and--most extraordinary of all--of the process of downloading individual human minds into computerized robots that will live forever....
