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The Turing Option (Questar Science Fiction)
The Turing Option - Questar Science Fiction
Author: Marvin Minsky, Harry Harrison
Minsky (The Society of the Mind), one of the foremost authorities on artificial intelligence research, has many interesting ideas about the potential and pitfalls of the quest for a truly free-thinking machine, and some of them come through in this murky, creaky thriller, written with veteran science fiction author Harrison (Return to Eden). — Br...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446364966
ISBN-10: 0446364967
Publication Date: 10/1/1993
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Harry Harrison (The Stainless Steel Rat, etc.) and Marvin Minsky (well-known AI researcher, etc.) team up to tell the story of a geek who becomes his own ghost in the machine. Interesting idea, explored nicely. Believable people with flaws and virtues.


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