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A beginner’s guide to robotics and man-made minds

Modern computers do not think about what they are doing: they simply follow instructions. Can we ever produce a truly intelligent computer with a mind of its own? Will every home soon have robots to carry out the housework?

In this accessible, up-to-the-minute guide, popular science writer Jack Challoner explains the various approaches to creating artificial intelligence, examines the philosophical issues relating to this research and predicts how computers and robots may be used in the future.

Essential Science guides are edited by internationally renowned author, broadcaster, journalist and research scientist John Gribbin. They mix lively illustrations and expert, jargon-free text to explain the important scientific topics of the day – more clearly than ever before.