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

• Autore: Johnston John <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (476 p.)
• Disciplina: 003/.5
• Soggetto topico: Cybernetics; Artificial life; Artificial intelligence
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The allure of machinic life
• ISBN: 0-262-29287-4; 0-262-27635-6; 1-4356-6535-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822159103321
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