How Long to Read How to Build a Mind

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Build a Mind?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read How to Build a Mind by Igor Aleksander

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Igor Aleksander heads a major British team that has applied engineering principles to the understanding of the human brain and has built several pioneering machines, culminating in MAGNUS, which he calls a machine with imagination. When he asks it (in words) to produce an image of a banana that is blue with red spots, the image appears on the screen in seconds. The idea of such an apparently imaginative, even conscious, machine seems heretical, and its advocates are often accused of sensationalism, arrogance, or philosophical ignorance. Part of the problem, according to Aleksander, is that consciousness remains ill defined. Interweaving anecdotes from his own life and research with imagined dialogues between historical figures -- including Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein, Francis Crick, and Steven Pinker -- Aleksander leads readers toward an understanding of consciousness. He shows not only how the latest work with artificial neural systems suggests that an artificial form of consciousness is possible but also that its design would clarify many of the puzzles surrounding the murky concept of consciousness itself. How to Build a Mind also examines the presentation of "self" in robots, the learning of language, and the nature of emotion, will, instinct, and feelings.

How long is How to Build a Mind?

How to Build a Mind by Igor Aleksander is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Build a Mind Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read How to Build a Mind aloud.

What Reading Level is How to Build a Mind?

How to Build a Mind is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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