Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain. It's a little frightening to think that… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
The weapons laboratory of Los Alamos stands as a reminder that our very power as pattern finders can work against us, that it is… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain. — George Johnson Copy Share Image
Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin with… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
