{"product_id":"the-emergent-mind-how-intelligence-arises-in-people-and-machines-hardcover","title":"The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGaurav Suri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJay McClelland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"deeply stimulating and disarmingly accessible\" (Robert Sapolsky, author of \u003ci\u003eDetermined\u003c\/i\u003e) journey into the inner workings of human and artificial minds \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When we are trying to solve a problem, what happens? We find ourselves weighing arguments, or relying on intuition, then reaching a conscious decision about what to do. What is going on behind the scenes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Emergent Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland show that our experience is the tip of an iceberg of brain activity that can be captured in an artificial neural network. Such networks--initially developed as models of ourselves--have become the engines of artificial neural intelligence. Suri and McClelland aren't reducing mankind to mere machines. Rather, they are showing how a data-driven neural network can create thoughts, emotions, and ideas--a mind--whether in humans or computers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Emergent Mind\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating account of how we reach decisions, why we change our minds, and how we are affected by context and experience. Ultimately, the book gives a new answer to one of our oldest questions: Not just how do minds work, but what does it mean to be a mind at all?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaurav Suri \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of psychology at San Francisco State University. \u003cb\u003eJay McClelland\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of psychology and of computer science and linguistics at Stanford University. His publications have been cited over one hundred thousand times. The authors met in 2014. Both live in the San Francisco Bay area. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.37 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44847821520998,"sku":"9781541605268","price":40.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/35_xwGISqe9781541605268.webp?v=1772726719","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-emergent-mind-how-intelligence-arises-in-people-and-machines-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}