Notes

Prologue

Southern France

XIII

Hand stencils: The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World’s First Artists, by Gregory Curtis (Knopf, 2006).

North America

XIV

Watson on Jeopardy: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)

XIV

33 billion operations per second: “What Is Artificial Intelligence,” by Richard Powers, The New York Times, February 6, 2011.

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Massively parallel processing: “Can a Computer Win on Jeopardy?,” by Stephen Baker, The Wall Street Journal, February 5-6, 2011.

Ten Questions

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Why do we create? The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World’s First Artists, by Gregory Curtis (Knopf, 2006).

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What is a human? “Androids to Bring Surrogates Closer to Reality,” by Tim Hornyak, CNET News, April ...

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