Pamela McCorduck，一位人工智能领域的作家，在她的新书《这很重要：我和人工智能先驱们》中，讲述了与人工智能先驱们（如朱利安·费尔德曼、艾伦·纽厄尔、马文·明斯基、爱德华·费根鲍姆、拉杰·雷迪和赫伯特·西蒙）的友谊和合作，以及他们对人工智能发展的影响。她还探讨了人工智能的风险和回报，以及人工智能与语言、符号学习和深度学习之间的关系。

😊 **人工智能先驱的友谊与合作**：McCorduck在书中详细讲述了她与人工智能先驱们的友谊和合作，这些先驱包括朱利安·费尔德曼、艾伦·纽厄尔、马文·明斯基、爱德华·费根鲍姆、拉杰·雷迪和赫伯特·西蒙。这些友谊和合作关系既是个人层面的，也是专业层面的，对她的职业生涯和对人工智能的持续兴趣产生了深远的影响。她还描述了与这些先驱们一起工作的经历，包括与赫伯特·西蒙一起喝雪利酒。

🤔 **人工智能的风险与回报**：McCorduck在书中探讨了人工智能的潜在风险和回报。她认为人工智能有可能为社会带来巨大的益处，但也可能带来潜在的风险，例如失业和社会不平等。她还讨论了如何减轻这些风险，并确保人工智能的开发和应用符合人类的价值观。

🚀 **人工智能与语言、符号学习和深度学习**：McCorduck探讨了人工智能与语言、符号学习和深度学习之间的关系。她认为语言是人工智能的一个重要组成部分，因为它是人类思维和交流的基础。她还讨论了符号学习和深度学习在人工智能发展中的作用，以及它们各自的优缺点。

👩‍🏫 **女性在学术界和文化中的进步**：McCorduck在书中还探讨了女性在学术界和文化中的进步。她认为，女性在人工智能领域和其他科学领域仍然面临着挑战，但她们也取得了重大进展。她分享了她自己的经历，以及她对女性在科学和技术领域未来发展前景的看法。

📚 **人工智能书籍的出版和传播**：McCorduck还讨论了她关于人工智能的书籍的出版和传播，以及这些书籍如何被科学家、创意人士和出版商所接受。她分享了她的经历，以及她对人工智能书籍如何影响公众对人工智能的理解和认识的看法。

🎨 **计算艺术**：McCorduck在书中还探讨了计算艺术。她认为计算艺术是一种新兴的艺术形式，它利用计算机技术来创作艺术作品。她还讨论了计算艺术的未来发展趋势，以及它对艺术创作的影响。

🧠 **C.P. Snow 的“两种文化”理论**：McCorduck在书中还探讨了 C.P. Snow 的“两种文化”理论，该理论探讨了人文学科和科学之间的鸿沟。她认为，人工智能的出现可能有助于弥合这一鸿沟，因为它融合了人文学科和科学的元素。

🗣️ **人工智能与社会**：McCorduck在书中还探讨了人工智能与社会之间的关系。她认为人工智能将对社会产生深远的影响，因此需要认真思考如何利用人工智能，以及如何确保人工智能的发展符合人类的价值观。

Author Pamela McCorduck talks to Jim about her new book, the humanities & sciences divide, her friendships with AI pioneers, risks of AI, feminism, and more...Author Pamela McCorduck talks with Jim about themes of her latest book, This Could Be Important: My Life and Times with the Artificial Intelligentsia. They talk about C.P. Snow’s Two Cultures thesis that explores the divide between the humanities & sciences, Pamela’s professional & personal friendships with AI pioneers (Julian Feldman, Allen Newell, Marvin Minsky, Ed Feigenbaum, Raj Reddy & Herb Simon), how language is related to AI, symbolic vs. deep learning, drinking sherry with Herb Simon, how her writings on AI were perceived by publishers, scientists & creatives, Arno Penzias’ strong views on AI, potential risks & rewards of future AI, computational art, and the progress of feminism in academia & culture at large.Episode TranscriptMentions & Recommendations Pamela’s The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence & Japan's Computer Challenge to the World C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures Pamela’s Machines Who Think Pamela’s Aaron’s Code Max Tegmark’s Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePamela McCorduck is the author of eleven published books, four of them novels, seven of them non-fiction, mainly about aspects of artificial intelligence. She’d first met AI when she was an undergraduate English major at Berkeley, and became steeped in the culture at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon Universities. In 1979 she published the first modern history of artificial intelligence, Machines Who Think, a book said to have influenced a generation of young AI researchers. Her latest book, This Could Be Important: My Life and Times with the Artificial Intelligentsia, is memoir, social history, and group biography of the founding fathers of AI, and describes the friendships, professional and personal, that laid the foundation for her continuing fascination with AI. McCorduck lived for 40 years in New York City until family called her back to California where she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.