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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822159103321

Autore

Johnston John <1947->

Titolo

The allure of machinic life : cybernetics, artificial life, and the new AI / / John Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-29287-4

0-262-27635-6

1-4356-6535-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Disciplina

003/.5

Soggetti

Cybernetics

Artificial life

Artificial intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-451) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I FROM CYBERNETICS TO MACHINIC PHILOSOPHY -- 1 Cybernetics and the New Complexity of Machines -- 2 The In-Mixing of Machines: Cybernetics and Psychoanalysis -- 3 Machinic Philosophy: Assemblages, Information, Chaotic Flow -- II MACHINIC LIFE -- 4 Vital Cells: Cellular Automata, Artificial Life, Autopoiesis -- 5 Digital Evolution and the Emergence of Complexity -- III MACHINIC INTELLIGENCE -- 6 The Decoded Couple: Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science -- 7 The New AI: Behavior-Based Robotics, Autonomous Agents, and Artificial Evolution -- 8 Learning from Neuroscience: New Prospects for Building Intelligent Machines -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This account of the creation of new forms of life and intelligence in the sciences of cybernetics, artificial life and artificial intelligence analyses both their similarities and their differences in actualising life. The author draws on the work of scientists as well as work in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory.