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Intelligent machines and human minds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Elizabeth S. Spelke  and
Joseph A. Blass
Elizabeth S. Spelke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. spelke@wjh.harvard.eduhttps://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/lds/research/spelke/elizabeth-spelke/
Joseph A. Blass
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208. joeblass@u.northwestern.eduhttp://qrg.northwestern.edu/people/Blass
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Abstract

The search for a deep, multileveled understanding of human intelligence is perhaps the grand challenge for 21st-century science, with broad implications for technology. The project of building machines that think like humans is central to meeting this challenge and critical to efforts to craft new technologies for human benefit.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e277
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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