Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence"A dizzying display of intellect and wild imaginings by Moravec, a world-class roboticist who has himself developed clever beasts . . . Undeniably, Moravec comes across as a highly knowledgeable and creative talent--which is just what the field needs".--Kirkus Reviews. |
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... be a way to maximize sensitivity ; even a single photon can sometimes produce a detectable response . The horizontal and bipolar cells and the amacrine cell synapses each seem to perform a unique computation . The Powering Up 57.
... be a way to maximize sensitivity ; even a single photon can sometimes produce a detectable response . The horizontal and bipolar cells and the amacrine cell synapses each seem to perform a unique computation . The Powering Up 57.
Page 184
... photon picked up by a detector at screen S might have come through slit A or through slit B - there is no way to ... photon will end up there ; at nearby points the amplitudes cancel , and no photons are ever found . ||| H || || 11 ...
... photon picked up by a detector at screen S might have come through slit A or through slit B - there is no way to ... photon will end up there ; at nearby points the amplitudes cancel , and no photons are ever found . ||| H || || 11 ...
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... photon destined for the screen might go through slit A or it might traverse slit B. The interference pattern suggests it somehow manages to do both at the same time . In 1957 Hugh Everett at Princeton published in his PhD thesis what ...
... photon destined for the screen might go through slit A or it might traverse slit B. The interference pattern suggests it somehow manages to do both at the same time . In 1957 Hugh Everett at Princeton published in his PhD thesis what ...
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