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Mind Children

Hans Moravec's 1988 exploration of how robots and artificial intelligence will eventually surpass human intelligence and inherit Earth's future.

Type
book
Year
1988
By
Hans Moravec
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN
0674576187

Mind Children presents Moravec's vision of robotics and artificial intelligence evolution, arguing that machines will eventually become the successors to biological life. The book traces the history of automation and computing, then projects forward to a future where robots achieve human-level and superhuman intelligence. Moravec discusses the technical pathways toward this outcome, including advances in computer vision, mobility, and reasoning. The work became influential in transhumanist and AI futurism circles, shaping discussions about technological singularity and the long-term future of intelligence on Earth.

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