Films for the Humanities and Sciences

The Brain Machine

We can construct a model of the human brain; will we some day be able to simulate its functioning? This program covers the history of research into artificial intelligence from the 1960s forward, from the performance of calculations to the simulation of complex reasoning processes; compares computer solution pathways to the processes of the brain; and examines the problem of thinking from various physiological, neurological, and philosophical approaches. Among those offering their points of view are Lewis Tucker of Thinking Machines, Carver Mead of Caltech (VLSI, the vision machine), Sir James Lighthill (history of IA), Rodney Brooks of MIT, Terrence Sejnowski of the Salk Institute, and Lofti Zadeh of Berkeley. (26 minutes)

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Item#: BVL2527
Copyright date: ©1991
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-0301-3

Part of the Series : The Subject of Matter


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