Penrose, Roger

• The Emperor's New Mind

  • An introduction to some of the basic problems in mathematics and Artificial Intelligence today. The best discussion of Godel's theorem I've ever seen (better than, say, Hofstader, but only just). Lots of debate over whether his ideas make any sense is floating around in some newsgroups. The book itself was a little dry, which was surprising given that it was asking some interesting and fundamental questions (like, what would be the moral consequences if we really had Star-Trek-like transporters)? Well, _I_ think it is a neat question. :)

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