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HAL's legacy : 2001ʹs computer as dream and reality /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Stork, David G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1997]
Subjects:
Computer science.
Supercomputers.
2001: a space odyssey (Motion picture)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The best-informed dream : HAL and the vision of 2001 / David G. Stork
  • Scientist on the set : an interview with Marvin Minsky / David G. Stork
  • Could we build HAL? : supercomputer design / David J. Kuck
  • "Foolproof and incapable of error?" : reliable computing and fault tolerance / Ravishankar K. Iyer
  • "An enjoyable game" : how HAL plays chess / Murray S. Campbell
  • "The talking computer" : text to speech synthesis / Joseph P. Olive
  • When will HAL understand what we are saying? : computer speech recognition and understanding / Raymond Kurzweil
  • "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" : how could HAL use language / Roger C. Schank
  • From 2001 to 2001 : common sense and the mind of HAL / Douglas B. Lenat
  • Eyes for computers : how HAL could "see" / Azriel Rosenfeld
  • "I could see your lips move" : HAL and speechreading / David G. Stork
  • Living in space : working with the machines of the future / Donald A. Norman
  • Does HAL cry digital tears? : emotions and computers / Rosalind W. Picard
  • "That's something I could not allow to happen" : HAL and planning / David E. Wilkins
  • Computers, science, and extraterrestrials : an interview with Stephen Wolfram / David G. Stork
  • When HAL kills, who's to blame? : computer ethics / Daniel C. Dennett.