The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence

An authoritative, up-to-date survey of the state of the art in artificial intelligence, written for non-specialists.

Keith Frankish (Edited by), William M. Ramsey (Edited by)

9780521871426, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 June 2014

368 pages, 29 b/w illus. 1 table
25.5 x 18 x 2.3 cm, 0.81 kg

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a cross-disciplinary approach to understanding, modeling, and creating intelligence of various forms. It is a critical branch of cognitive science, and its influence is increasingly being felt in other areas, including the humanities. AI applications are transforming the way we interact with each other and with our environment, and work in artificially modeling intelligence is offering new insights into the human mind and revealing new forms mentality can take. This volume of original essays presents the state of the art in AI, surveying the foundations of the discipline, major theories of mental architecture, the principal areas of research, and extensions of AI such as artificial life. With a focus on theory rather than technical and applied issues, the volume will be valuable not only to people working in AI, but also to those in other disciplines wanting an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the field.

Introduction Keith Frankish and William M. Ramsey
Part I. Foundations: 1. History, motivations, and core themes Stan Franklin
2. Philosophical foundations Konstantine Arkoudas and Selmer Bringsjord
3. Philosophical challenges William S. Robinson
Part II. Architectures: 4. GOFAI Margaret A. Boden
5. Connectionism and neural networks Ron Sun
6. Dynamical systems and embedded cognition Randall D. Beer
Part III. Dimensions: 7. Learning David Danks
8. Perception and computer vision Markus Vincze, Sven Wachsmuth and Gerhard Sagerer
9. Reasoning and decision making Eyal Amir
10. Language and communication Yorick Wilks
11. Actions and agents Eduardo Alonso
12. Artificial emotions and machine consciousness Matthias Scheutz
Part IV. Extensions: 13. Robotics Phil Husbands
14. Artificial life Mark A. Bedau
15. The ethics of artificial intelligence Nick Bostrom and Eliezer Yudkowsky.

Subject Areas: Cognitivism, cognitive theory [JMAQ], Philosophy of mind [HPM]