- 2003 edition, 229 pages
- Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Hardcover with dust jacket, black boards
- Very good condition, minor cover wear, light tanning
How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps. Illustrated and index included.
The inside story of the most intelligent robot in the world. Steve Grand has spent the last three years trying to build an artificially intelligent android.
Steve is a self-taught scientist who has deliberately eschewed large public grants and laboratory affiliation to give himself as much freedom as possible to put his revolutionary theories on artifical intelligence to the test. The result is Lucy, still a work in progress yet already one of the most advanced research robots in existence - here successes and failures stand as indicators of the present state of robtics.
The compelling story of Lucy's creation, all done in Steve's own home, is a fascinating mixture of human perseverance and cutting-edge scientific endeavour. We share in the frustration and elation of Steve's daily battles with Lucy's emerging 'brain', especially as he closes in on the major breakthrough he's been waiting for.
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