| It is fairly obvious that computers and artificial | | | | author. This book is not for the non-intellectual, |
| intelligence will run our world tomorrow, as we | | | | and he gets pretty thick into the details and |
| program these machines today. Interestingly | | | | philosophy of parallel computing. This book was |
| enough, not long from now these AI machines will | | | | written well before massive Internet use, just as |
| be programming themselves. How did we come | | | | the computer technology in Silicon Valley was |
| so far so fast you ask? Well, maybe you need to | | | | really taking off. Indeed, this is one of those |
| do a little research for yourself. | | | | books which was the prime mover of the time. |
| If this topic interests you, then boy do I have a | | | | This is why I have it in my library, and why I |
| great book for you to read. It is a book that I | | | | recommend it to anyone who is into artificial |
| own personally, and one I read a long time ago, | | | | intelligence, computer hardware, future software, |
| but it still holds validity today, and many of the | | | | or where we are go from here; why you ask - |
| predictions of that past period, which is only two | | | | because if the past is any indication of the future, |
| decades ago, although it seems like eons; the | | | | things are getting get pretty interesting in the |
| book is: | | | | next decade. In fact, I hope you will please |
| "The Connection Machine," by W. Danny Hillis, MIT | | | | consider this, and educate yourself a little in the |
| Press, MA, 1989, (208 pp), ISBN: | | | | past, so you can understand how far we've |
| 978-026258-0977. | | | | come, how fast we've come, and where we go |
| This book is an extension of a highly controversial | | | | from here. Think on it. |
| and ahead of its time MIT thesis by the same | | | | |