Surprising tales from the scientists who first learned how to use
computers to understand the workings of the human brain.Since World
War II, a group of scientists has been attempting to understand the
human nervous system and to build computer systems that emulate the
brain's abilities. Many of the early workers in this field of
neural networks came from cybernetics; others came from
neuroscience, physics, electrical engineering, mathematics,
psychology, even economics. In this collection of interviews, those
who helped to shape the field share their childhood memories, their
influences, how they became interested in neural networks, and what
they see as its future.The subjects tell stories that have been
told, referred to, whispered about, and imagined throughout the
history of the field. Together, the interviews form a Rashomon-like
web of reality. Some of the mythic people responsible for the
foundations of modern brain theory and cybernetics, such as Norbert
Wiener, Warren McCulloch, and Frank Rosenblatt, appear prominently
in the recollections. The interviewees agree about some things and
disagree about more. Together, they tell the story of how science
is actually done, including the false starts, and the Darwinian
struggle for jobs, resources, and reputation. Although some of the
interviews contain technical material, there is no actual
mathematics in the book.ContributorsJames A. Anderson, Michael
Arbib, Gail Carpenter, Leon Cooper, Jack Cowan, Walter Freeman,
Stephen Grossberg, Robert Hecht-Neilsen, Geoffrey Hinton, Teuvo
Kohonen, Bart Kosko, Jerome Lettvin, Carver Mead, David Rumelhart,
Terry Sejnowski, Paul Werbos, Bernard Widrow
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