Plato and the Nerd: The Creative Partnership of Humans and Technology (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (636 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262036487 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lee's book is a brilliant articulation of the unique and increasingly important role technology plays in the evolution of mankind. (Schahram Dustdar, Professor of Computer Science, TU Wien, Austria)In every decent bookstore, you find shelves full of volumes written by top mathematicians, physicists, and biologists explaining the state of the art in their field and its impact on the human condition. Henzinger, President, IST Austria) . (Thomas A. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Vanderbilt University)Edward Ashford Lee has written a wise and witty book that is truly delightful to read, arguing beautifully for the deep connection between human cognition and technology. This book is important because it is high time for computer scientists and engineers to do the same. He offers a deeply optimistic perspective with clarity and intellectual rigor wit
Lee argues that the evidence for this is weak, and the likelihood that nature has limited itself to processes that conform to today's notion of digital computation is remote.Lee goes on to argue that artificial intelligence's goal of reproducing human cognitive functions in computers vastly underestimates the potential of computers. Explaining why digital technology has been so transformative and so liberating, Lee argues that the real power of technology stems from its partnership with humans. Lee explores the ways that engineers use models and abstraction to build inventive artificial worlds and to give us things that we never dreamed of -- for example, the ability to carry in our pockets everything humans have ever published. It augments our cognitive and physical capabilities while we nurture, develop, and propagate the technology itself.
He has coauthored several textbooks on topics including digital communication, signal processing, embedded systems, and software modeling. He was born and grew up in Puerto Rico and studied at Yale, MIT, and Berkeley. . Edward Ashford Lee is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught and researched digital technology and computer science for more than thirty ye