The Year of the Robot

Dilithium Press [Published date: 1981]. [From back cover] Are you aware that . . . VIP's (very ignorant persons) will question everything, thus preventing hasty actions and mistakes by impulsive leaders, and are therefore VIPs (very important persons) . . . "You must have both 'greed' and 'sobering desires' to be successful . . ,To set a seemingly impossible goal is important for reaching a higher level of achievement . . . No? Well, this book will introduce you to these and other fascinating aspects of our own human personality by looking at the operational principles of robotic or artificial intelligence. The author, educator-philosopher-engineer Wayne Chen, Dean of the Engineering College at the University of Florida, takes you on a landmark tour of the principles and philosophical foundations upon which a science of Robot Intelligence is being rapidly amassed. Best of all, this book will give you a look into a future where robot intelligence is an integral part of daily life. This revealing, often unsettling scenario offers new insights into the developing concepts of robot intelligence that strangely enough are very like our own mercurial personalities.