Artificial Intelligence Everywhere - A Book Review

Do you ever wonder how our modern daypleasing to humans, than even the buildings that
computers came into existence? If you do, thenhumans build themselves. Now consider artificial
perhaps, you'd like to read some incredible history,intelligence inside your home which constantly
and consider all the philosophical debate on artificialmanipulates your home for your needs. Sort of
intelligence, machine learning, and some of thelike the Bill Gates high-tech home of the future on
future perceived uses of this technology. If so,steroids.
then I'd sure like to recommend an extremelyClimate control just happens, it would sense if you
interesting book to you. One that was well aheadwere warm or cold or what was needed. Walls
of its time, and one that today would still makewould move in, open up as needed, light would be
you think.redirected, entire kitchens would fold away, and
Yes, if you are asking, this is a book that's in myeven the pictures on the wall would change
personal library. And it is a good book that I'ddepending on who was walking down the hallway.
recommend to you, if this topic interests you.All that stuff now doesn't seem so exotic, most
The name of the book is;of it exists, and the rest seems like a very
"Soft Architecture Machine" by Nicholaspossible future. However this book was written in
Negroponte, MIT Press, MA, 1976, (140 pp), ISBM:1976.
978-02621-4018-8And the folks at MIT were busy figuring out how
So, imagine a self creating artificially intelligent CADto design all that back then. Well it's here now, or
CAM software program, which could designmost of it and the rest will be coming soon.
buildings, all by itself without a human operator,Indeed I hope you will please consider this, and
and these would be buildings that would be morepurchase this book if it interests you. Think on it.