The Little Thoughts of Thinking Machines Export

@article{citeulike:884928, abstract = {When we interact with computers and other machines, we often use language ordinarily used for talking about people. We may say of a vending machine, `It wants another ten cents for a lousy candy bar.' We may say of an automatic teller machine, `It thinks I don't have enough money in my account because it doesn't yet know about the deposit I made this morning.' This article is about when we're right or almost right in saying these things, and when it's a good idea to think of machines that way.}, author = {Mccarthy, John}, citeulike-article-id = {884928}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/little/little.html}, journal = {Psychology Today}, keywords = {ai, language, mind, philosophy, understanding}, posted-at = {2006-10-05 15:23:57}, priority = {2}, title = {The Little Thoughts of Thinking Machines}, url = {http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/little/little.html}, year = {1983} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:884928 L3 - citeulike-article-id:884928 N2 - When we interact with computers and other machines, we often use language ordinarily used for talking about people. We may say of a vending machine, `It wants another ten cents for a lousy candy bar.' We may say of an automatic teller machine, `It thinks I don't have enough money in my account because it doesn't yet know about the deposit I made this morning.' This article is about when we're right or almost right in saying these things, and when it's a good idea to think of machines that way. JF - Psychology Today TI - The Little Thoughts of Thinking Machines KW - ai KW - language KW - mind KW - philosophy KW - understanding AU - Mccarthy, John PY - 1983/// UR - http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/little/little.html ER -