The Fifth Generation Fallacy

Download or read book The Fifth Generation Fallacy written by J. Marshall Unger and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This controversial new book argues that the West has largely misunderstood Japan's interest in Artificial Intelligence. Not a bold move to capture the lead in world technolgy, Japan's Fifth Generation Project is at bottom an attempt to avoid the grave problems caused by their writing system, including low white-collar productivity and a surprising shallowness in the quality of literacy.