What's the big idea? Artificial intelligence

This book looks at what human intelligence is - how a hundred thousand million interconnected neurons are responsible for learning and memory - and asks if computers can ever be truly intelligent.

A computer can mimic our intelligence, for example by playing chess, but it is dependent on following a complicated program. However, computers are now being developed which are not programmed at all, but use neural networks to simulate the way the brain learns and remembers.

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Subject(s)Design and technology
Author(s)Jack Challoner
Age14-16
Published1999
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Shelf referenceA 006.3 CHA
ISN/ISBN9780340743829
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8jmg

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