{"product_id":"perceptrons-reissue-of-the-1988-marvin-minsky-9780262534772","title":"Perceptrons, Reissue of the 1988 Expanded Edition with a new foreword by L駮n Bottou: An Introduction to Computational Geometry","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first systematic study of parallelism in computation by two pioneers in the field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eReissue of the 1988 Expanded Edition with a new foreword by L on Bottou\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, ten years after the discovery of the perceptron--which showed that a machine could be taught to perform certain tasks using examples--Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published \u003ci\u003ePerceptrons, \u003c\/i\u003e their analysis of the computational capabilities of perceptrons for specific tasks. As L on Bottou writes in his foreword to this edition, \"Their rigorous work and brilliant technique does not make the perceptron look very good.\" Perhaps as a result, research turned away from the perceptron. Then the pendulum swung back, and machine learning became the fastest-growing field in computer science. Minsky and Papert's insistence on its theoretical foundations is newly relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerceptrons\u003c\/i\u003e--the first systematic study of parallelism in computation--marked a historic turn in artificial intelligence, returning to the idea that intelligence might emerge from the activity of networks of neuron-like entities. Minsky and Papert provided mathematical analysis that showed the limitations of a class of computing machines that could be considered as models of the brain. Minsky and Papert added a new chapter in 1987 in which they discuss the state of parallel computers, and note a central theoretical challenge: reaching a deeper understanding of how \"objects\" or \"agents\" with individuality can emerge in a network. Progress in this area would link connectionism with what the authors have called \"society theories of mind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin Minsky, Seymour A. Papert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262534770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262534772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Marvin Minsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995506868479,"sku":"9780262534772","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f9d85f9-d134-4be7-8944-8213afd75a81.jpg?v=1683336208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perceptrons-reissue-of-the-1988-marvin-minsky-9780262534772","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}