>I'm wondering if the new books by Kurzweil, Moravec and Gershenfeld have
>sparked more interest in the ability of machines to think in the
>academic communities. I know the books are primarily geared toward the
>layperson but I'm hoping this will make the academia think more this as
>a legitimate topic of research and inquiry.
>
>Neil Blanchard
FWIW, my Cognitive Science professor (Michael R.W. Dawson) mentioned the Kurzweil book this morning in class. I had to correct him on the title however as he didn't get it right first try. ;)
Not too surprising considering his field I suppose.
-- Jason Spencer spencer@ualberta.ca