Pamela McCorduck
Pamela McCorduck | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 80–81) Liverpool,[citation needed] England |
| Occupation | Non-fiction writer, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1979–present |
| Notable works | Machines Who Think (1979, 2004) The Fifth Generation (1983) (with Edward Feigenbaum) |
| Spouse | Joseph F. Traub |
Pamela McCorduck (born 1940) is an American author of books about the history and philosophical significance of artificial intelligence, the future of engineering, and the role of women and technology. She is also the author of three novels. She has contributed to Omni, The New York Times, Daedalus, the Michigan Quarterly Review and is a contributing editor of Wired. She is a former vice president of the PEN American Center. She was married to computer scientist and academic Joseph F. Traub.[1]
Early life[]
McCorduck grew up in California and attended the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated in 1960. [2]
Career[]
McCorduck was invited to contribute to a book of readings on artificial intelligence while a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1960. At the time she did not know what artificial intelligence was.[1]
Personal life[]
McCorduck lived for more than forty years in New York City with her husband Joseph F. Traub.[2] After her husband's death she moved back to California, where she had grown up.[2] She now lies in San Francisco.[2]
Selected works[]
- Machines Who Think (1st ed.). W. H. Freeman. 1979.
- The Universal Machine: Confessions of a Technological Optimist. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1986. ISBN 0-15-692873-6.
- AARON's Code : Meta-art, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of Harold Cohen. New York: W.H. Freeman. 1997. ISBN 0-7167-2173-2.
- Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence (2nd ed.). Natick, Mass.: A.K. Peters. 2004. ISBN 1-56881-205-1.
- The Edge of Chaos : a novel. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-86534-578-2.
- Bounded Rationality : a novel. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-86534-883-7.
- This Could Be Important: My Life and Times with the Artificial Intelligentsia. Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press. 2019. ISBN 9780359901340.
- With Edward Feigenbaum
- The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World. Reading, Mass.: Michael Joseph. 1983. doi:10.1145/984540.984547. ISBN 0-201-11519-0.
- With Nancy Ramsey
- The Futures of Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century. New York: Warner Books. 1997. ISBN 0-446-67337-4.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.pamelamccorduck.com/
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "About Pamela McCorduck". Pamela McCorduck. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Review of The Futures of Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century". Kirkus Reviews. 1996.
References[]
External links[]
- "Pamela McCorduck: Machines Who Think and the Early Days of AI | Artificial Intelligence (an interview with Lex Fridman)". August 23, 2019 – via YouTube.
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