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Nature 447, 381-382 (24 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447381a; Published online 23 May 2007

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Intelligence in a changing world

Hiroaki Kitano1

BOOK REVIEWEDHow the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence

by Rolf Pfeifer & & Josh Bongard


Bradford Books: 2006. 394 pp. $39.95, £25.95

The study of intelligence, once dominated by biologists, has for decades been a focus for computer scientists. The question of whether a machine can be intelligent is as old as computers themselves, but was thrust into the spotlight ten years ago when IBM computer Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov at chess.