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PREFACE ix
PROLOGUE: Breaking a Thought into Pieces 3
CHAPTER 1 The State of the Art 9
CHAPTER 2 Thinking Without a Brain 33
CHAPTER 3 A Symphony in Is and Os 57
CHAPTER 4 The Art of Programming 75
CHAPTER 5 The Meaning of Meaning 97
CHAPTER 6
Listening Intelligently 121
CHAPTER 7 Planning and Seeing 141
CHAPTER 8 Learning About the World 153
CHAPTER 9 Labyrinths of Memory 167
CHAPTER 10 The Light of Discovery 183
CHAPTER 11 The Finer Arts 203
CHAPTER 12 The Scientists and the Engineers 227
CHAPTER 13 In the Chinese Room 247
CHAPTER 14 Calculating Minds 263
CHAPTER 15 The Copycat Project 277
EPILOGUE 295
SUGGESTED READING 307
NOTES 311
BIBLIOGRAPHY 321
INDEX 325