The Age of Intelligent Machines
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The Age of Intelligent Machines is a 1990 book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the history, current state, and future implications of artificial intelligence and computing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Age of Intelligent Machines canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1216985 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Intelligent Machines Context triple: [Ray Kurzweil, notableWork, The Age of Intelligent Machines]
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The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
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B.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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C.
Man-Computer Symbiosis
Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
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D.
"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence"
"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" is the seminal 1955 research proposal by John McCarthy and colleagues that launched the field of artificial intelligence by defining its goals and organizing the landmark 1956 Dartmouth conference.
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E.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Age of Intelligent Machines Target entity description: The Age of Intelligent Machines is a 1990 book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the history, current state, and future implications of artificial intelligence and computing.
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A.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
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B.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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C.
Man-Computer Symbiosis
Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
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D.
"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence"
"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" is the seminal 1955 research proposal by John McCarthy and colleagues that launched the field of artificial intelligence by defining its goals and organizing the landmark 1956 Dartmouth conference.
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E.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Ray Kurzweil ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
Moore's law
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computer hardware progress ⓘ expert systems ⓘ machine intelligence ⓘ neural networks ⓘ pattern recognition ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Age of Spiritual Machines ⓘ |
| genre |
futurology
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non-fiction ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
exponential technological growth
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limits of human intelligence compared to machines ⓘ societal adaptation to AI ⓘ technological forecasting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of contemporary AI research
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discussion of economic implications of AI ⓘ discussion of philosophical implications of AI ⓘ discussion of social implications of AI ⓘ historical survey of computing ⓘ predictions about future AI ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
developments in computer science
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early AI research ⓘ exponential growth in computing power ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
artificial intelligence
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computing ⓘ future of technology ⓘ history of artificial intelligence ⓘ history of computing ⓘ |
| makesPredictionAbout |
automation of intellectual work
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future capabilities of computers ⓘ human-computer interaction ⓘ impact of AI on employment ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early comprehensive survey of AI
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long-term predictions about AI and society ⓘ |
| partOf | Ray Kurzweil bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | MIT Press ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in technology
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researchers and students of AI ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
contemporary AI research of the 1980s
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mid-20th century computing history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Age of Intelligent Machines Description of subject: The Age of Intelligent Machines is a 1990 book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the history, current state, and future implications of artificial intelligence and computing.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.