I don't get so much out of their front page recommendations, but I do out of the "related book" recommendations. So if I'm viewing "Artificial General Intelligence" at http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-General-Intelligence-Cognitive-Technologies/dp/354023733X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-3812222-0482414?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193612063&sr=8-1
then the site tells me I might also be interested in: * The Hidden Pattern by Ben Goertzel * Beyond AI by J. Storrs Hall * I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter * Universal Artificial Intelligence by Marcus Hutter * The Intelligent Universe by James N. Gardner Which is pretty accurate. It's particularly handy for fields I'm less familiar with and bringing new books to my attention. -Chuck On 10/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting how people see in the same data what they are predisposed to. > I ride the tongue-in-cheek mood of the essay till his last three paragraphs > and then focus in upon the ironic conclusions, like where he equates > narrowness to individualism, and subtly bemoans the attack on autonomy. > For my own part, I can't help but notice how insensitive and stupidly > off-base Amazon's recommendations are for me, overall. Constantly favoring > the path of least resistance, the economies of least common denominator, and > it wouldn't surprise me -- how their inventory stock looks at the moment. > Wasting my time, vying for my attention. > > > > ~Robert S. > > -------------- Original message from "Joshua Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -------------- > > > > > > This is from a leading political columnist with no apparent link to > transhumanism > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/opinion/26brooks.html > > It's funny that he has reached conclusions like "I have melded my mind with > the heavens, communed with the universal consciousness" with respect to his > contemporary personal computing systems. > > It's in jest, but still, perhaps society is coming around. > > Joshua > ________________________________ > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ________________________________ > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=58512444-a2694b
