Society of Mind

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Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
cognitive science book
non-fiction book
author Marvin Minsky
centralIdea intelligence emerges from interactions of simple processes
mind is a society of smaller processes
countryOfPublication United States
describesConcept non-intelligent agents forming intelligent behavior
society of agents in the mind
genre scientific popularization
hasForm collection of short chapters
hasISBN 9780671657130
hasNotableConcept K-lines
agents
frames
mental societies
resources
self-reflective processes
hasPageCount ~336
influencedField artificial intelligence research
cognitive architectures
philosophy of mind
robotics
intendedAudience general educated readers
researchers in AI and cognitive science
language English
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
notableFor agent-based theory of mind
influencing later AI architectures
proposesTheoryOf human intelligence as emerging from interactions of many simple agents
publicationYear 1986
publisher Simon & Schuster NERFINISHED
relatedTo connectionism
modular theories of mind
multi-agent systems
structure series of interconnected essays
subject artificial intelligence
cognitive science
philosophy of mind
psychology
theory of intelligence

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