Table of Contents
Guide
Print Page Numbers
ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Volume 7
THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE
THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE
Mind and Machine in the Modern Age
NOAH KENNEDY
First published in 1989 by Unwin Hyman.
This edition first published in 2018
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
and by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
1989 Noah Kennedy
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978-0-8153-8566-0 (Set)
ISBN: 978-0-429-49236-5 (Set) (ebk)
ISBN: 978-0-8153-4937-2 (Volume 7) (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-351-16488-7 (Volume 7) (ebk)
Publishers Note
The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent.
Disclaimer
The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace.
The Industrialization of Intelligence
Mind and Machine in the Modern Age
Noah Kennedy
First published in Great Britain by the Trade Division of Unwin Hyman Limited, 1989
Noah Kennedy, 1989
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Unwin Hyman Limited
UNWIN HYMAN LIMITED
15-17 Broadwick Street, London W1V 1FP, UK
Allen & Unwin (Australia) Pty Ltd,
8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia
Allen & Unwin (New Zealand) Ltd in association with the Port Nicholson Press Ltd,
Compusales Building, 75 Ghuznee Street, Wellington 1, New Zealand
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Kennedy, Noah
The industrialization of intelligence
1. Society. Role of computer system
I. Title
303.4834
ISBN 0-04-440345-3
Dei gratia
Contents
Among the pleasures I have encountered in writing this book is this opportunity to pause and thank those individuals who were so selfless and helpful to me.
Richard Osborne, Patricia Motzkin and Richard Feldman studiously read and commented on large segments of the book in draft, and their comments on presentation and content alike were invaluable. Bill Kennedy and Rod Glasgow also read draft chapters and offered searching comments and creative suggestions relating to mathematical and logical theory that greatly contributed to the finished product, and gave me some modicum of confidence that I had handled these concepts correctly.
In addition to being an opportunity to deal with these old friends, the book served as a wonderful excuse to contact complete strangers to solicit their opinions and insights. This is a task that predictably confronts one with folks who for various reasons simply cannot be bothered, but the distress caused by the occasional rebuff was more than mitigated by the more frequent response one received from researchers who were most generous with their time and were admirably patient in communicating a bit of their understanding to a neophyte. My particular thanks to Professors Daniel Matt of the Graduate Theological Union; John Searle, Richard M. Karp and John L. Rhodes of the University of California, Berkeley; George Sheridan of the University of Oregon; Paul Bezucha of Amherst, and to Rita Adrosko of the Smithsonian Institution, Dennis Hehrer of Ford Aerospace, William Inmon of Data Dialogs and Jean Huchard, an independent scholar of weaving technique in Lyons. I regret that much of what we discussed could not be made to fit into this single book, and hope that these fine minds and generous spirits will not be too shocked at the way their thoughts have found their way into the text.
Dr Louis Mosniers thoughtful and exceedingly patient translations of French and German texts were critical to my avoiding some rather frightening misconceptions on some points of fact and to broadening my perspective on other critical issues. Ken Caldwell, who assisted me in research, was an astonishing fount of information who, fortunately for this author, has thoroughly mastered the art of just in time. Brad Bunnin served me as legal counsel in the finest sense of the phrase and in addition was most generous in helping me get my project off the ground. Michael Pountney, my editor at Unwin Hyman, displayed admirable patience and calm as the work was being produced and his comments were a model of economy and pith.
Connie Griffiths took in a lonely and somewhat stressed writer while he completed his research in London and kept his body and soul together for the duration. Many thanks to her and her family.