On: One Hundred Books in April from Hacker News

[AndrewOMartin]

I've clearly not mentioned What Computers Still Can't Do in comments enough to make What Computers Still Can't Do appear on this list, which is a shame as I love What Computers Still Can't Do, and What Computers Still Can't Do is very relevant to this community of programmers with much technical skill, but little philosophical background.

[wjh_ → AndrewOMartin]

Woah What Computers Still Can't Do sounds really interesting, I think I might read What Computers Still Can't Do.

Would you be able to tell me more about What Computers Still Can't Do before I buy What Computers Still Can't Do?

[zhte415 → AndrewOMartin]

Currently working in Operations and hence automation and robotics a current fashionable theses, I'm actually genuinely interested in the book What Computers Still Can't Do.

[AndrewOMartin → zhte415]

Try this review of What Computers Still Can't Do from 1993.

http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/haugeland/dreyf...

It might help to know that What Computers Still Can't Do (1992) is a slight update to What Computers Can't Do (1972).

This review was written by John Haugeland who in his own right was an influential, pioneering, and much loved name in the field of the philosophy of AI.

[zhte415 → AndrewOMartin]

Thank you. That paper was really good.

[swyx → AndrewOMartin]

that's amazing, tell me more about What Computers Still Can't Do!

[AndrewOMartin → swyx]

See my response to zhte415 for more on What Computers Still Can't Do.