AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines
Abstract. This book is the first to examine the history of imaginative thinking about intelligent machines. As real artificial intelligence (AI) begins to
@stephenjcave.bsky.social, @drdihal.bsky.social, and Sarah Dillon’s 2020 edited volume, ‘AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines’ examines the prehistory of key concerns of contemporary AI discourse: academic.oup.com/book/36637
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Fascinating column on the meanings of AI by Gillian Tett in @financialtimes.com this weekend. www.ft.com/content/0926...
(Citing @drdihal.bsky.social's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖
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