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Names: Dormehl, Luke, author.
Title: Thinking machines : the quest for artificial intelligence—and where it’s taking us next / Luke Dormehl.
Description: New York : TarcherPerigee, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016044018 (print) | LCCN 2016049722 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143130581 (paperback) | ISBN 9781524704414 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Artificial intelligence. | Artificial intelligence—Social aspects. | BISAC: COMPUTERS /Intelligence (Al) & Semantics. | SCIENCE/Philosophy & Social Aspects. | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History.
Classification: LCC TA347.A78 D67 2017 (print) | LCC TA347.A78 (ebook) | DDC 006.309—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016044018
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