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At?rstsight,thisbookisaboutfacerecognitioninthebrain.Itsmorelasting
value, however,lies in the paradigmatic way in which this
particular problem is treated. From the basic ideas that are worked
out here in concrete detail, it is a naturaland simple next step to
at leastimagine, if not realizein model form, much more
generalstructures and processes,thus helping to bridge the still
tremendous chasm between mind and brain. It is the purpose of this
foreword to point out these generic traits. For centuries, thinking
about the brain has been dominated by the most
complexmechanisticdevicesofthetime,clockwork,communicatinghydraulic
tubesor,today,thecomputer.Thecomputer,takenasincarnationoftheU-
versal Turing Machine, can implement any conceivable process, so
that also a functional brain can surely be simulated on it, an idea
that, beginning in the ?fties of the last century, has been
seducing scientists to create "art- cial intelligence" in the
computer. As a result we now have an information technology that
displays many functional capabilities formerly regarded as the
exclusive domain of the mind. As fascinating as this is, doting on
"int- ligent machines" is systematically diverting our attention
awayfrom the true problems of understanding the working of the
brain.
At?rstsight,thisbookisaboutfacerecognitioninthebrain.Itsmorelasting
value, however,lies in the paradigmatic way in which this
particular problem is treated. From the basic ideas that are worked
out here in concrete detail, it is a naturaland simple next step to
at leastimagine, if not realizein model form, much more
generalstructures and processes,thus helping to bridge the still
tremendous chasm between mind and brain. It is the purpose of this
foreword to point out these generic traits. For centuries, thinking
about the brain has been dominated by the most
complexmechanisticdevicesofthetime,clockwork,communicatinghydraulic
tubesor,today,thecomputer.Thecomputer,takenasincarnationoftheU-
versal Turing Machine, can implement any conceivable process, so
that also a functional brain can surely be simulated on it, an idea
that, beginning in the ?fties of the last century, has been
seducing scientists to create "art- cial intelligence" in the
computer. As a result we now have an information technology that
displays many functional capabilities formerly regarded as the
exclusive domain of the mind. As fascinating as this is, doting on
"int- ligent machines" is systematically diverting our attention
awayfrom the true problems of understanding the working of the
brain.
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