Giant Brains by Edmund Berkley, 1949
A book by early computer scientist Edmund Berkeley that, while very technical in its descriptions, still popularized the idea of early computers being capable of having cognitive abilities.
Christian White:
“This was obviously intended, at that point, for a kind of popular audience. This is for you and me, not for the specialists in the field. It would be tough going, I suspect, if you didn’t have a kind of math degree. But nonetheless, it’s a commercial publisher producing it and intending it for a wider audience than just the kind of specialists who are going to a conference who are going to read a scientific paper.”
