Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-08-23
Books mentioned on Pamela McCorduck: Machines Who Think and the Early Days of AI
Pamela McCorduck is an author who has written on the history and philosophical significance of artificial intelligence, the future of engineering, and the role of women and technology.
Pamela McCorduck discussed Computers and Thought by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Machines Who Think by Pamela McCorduck and others, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust by Marcel Proust, and Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Computers and Thought
Discussed“and before that I had worked on a book by edited by Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman called a computers and thought it was the first textbook of readings of AI”
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Machines Who Think
Discussed“and even when I finished machines who think I didn't know if they were gonna succeed”
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The Iliad
The Iliad by Homer is an ancient Greek epic poem that chronicles the fierce battles, heroic deeds, and tragic human costs surrounding the final weeks of the Trojan War.
Discussed“if you read Homer Homer has robots in the Iliad”
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is an epic ancient Greek poem that follows Odysseus on his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War, remaining one of history's most influential foundational narratives.
Discussed“If you read Homer Homer has robots in the Iliad and a classical scholar was pointing out to me just a few months ago”
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein by Mary W.
Discussed“it's the Frankenstein idea yes the annotator Frankenstein on my coffee table is this tremendous novel”
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The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust
Discussed“and herb had read Proust in the original French twice all the way through”
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Bang the Drum Slowly
Discussed“there was a novelist in town a man named Mark Harris he had just just arrived and his wife Josephine mark was most famous then for a novel called bang the drum solo slowly which was about baseball and Joe and me so eight people and we met monthly”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“her books include machines who think in 1979 the fifth generation in 1983 with Edie foggy and mom who's considered to be the father of expert systems the edge of chaos the features of women and many more books”
“her books include machines who think in 1979 the fifth generation in 1983 with Edie foggy and mom who's considered to be the father of expert systems the edge of chaos the features of women and many more books”
“her books include machines who think in 1979 the fifth generation in 1983 with Edie foggy and mom who's considered to be the father of expert systems the edge of chaos the features of women and many more books”
“mark was most famous then for a novel called bang the drum solo slowly which was about baseball”