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Bots and Beasts

Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026204594X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Bots and Beasts written by Paul Thagard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert on mind considers how animals and smart machines measure up to human intelligence. Octopuses can open jars to get food, and chimpanzees can plan for the future. An IBM computer named Watson won on Jeopardy! and Alexa knows our favorite songs. But do animals and smart machines really have intelligence comparable to that of humans? In Bots and Beasts, Paul Thagard looks at how computers ("bots") and animals measure up to the minds of people, offering the first systematic comparison of intelligence across machines, animals, and humans. Thagard explains that human intelligence is more than IQ and encompasses such features as problem solving, decision making, and creativity. He uses a checklist of twenty characteristics of human intelligence to evaluate the smartest machines--including Watson, AlphaZero, virtual assistants, and self-driving cars--and the most intelligent animals--including octopuses, dogs, dolphins, bees, and chimpanzees. Neither a romantic enthusiast for nonhuman intelligence nor a skeptical killjoy, Thagard offers a clear assessment. He discusses hotly debated issues about animal intelligence concerning bacterial consciousness, fish pain, and dog jealousy. He evaluates the plausibility of achieving human-level artificial intelligence and considers ethical and policy issues. A full appreciation of human minds reveals that current bots and beasts fall far short of human capabilities.

Bots and Beasts

Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026236588X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Bots and Beasts

Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262548542
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Bots and Beasts written by Paul Thagard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert on mind considers how animals and smart machines measure up to human intelligence. Octopuses can open jars to get food, and chimpanzees can plan for the future. An IBM computer named Watson won on Jeopardy! and Alexa knows our favorite songs. But do animals and smart machines really have intelligence comparable to that of humans? In Bots and Beasts, Paul Thagard looks at how computers ("bots") and animals measure up to the minds of people, offering the first systematic comparison of intelligence across machines, animals, and humans. Thagard explains that human intelligence is more than IQ and encompasses such features as problem solving, decision making, and creativity. He uses a checklist of twenty characteristics of human intelligence to evaluate the smartest machines--including Watson, AlphaZero, virtual assistants, and self-driving cars--and the most intelligent animals--including octopuses, dogs, dolphins, bees, and chimpanzees. Neither a romantic enthusiast for nonhuman intelligence nor a skeptical killjoy, Thagard offers a clear assessment. He discusses hotly debated issues about animal intelligence concerning bacterial consciousness, fish pain, and dog jealousy. He evaluates the plausibility of achieving human-level artificial intelligence and considers ethical and policy issues. A full appreciation of human minds reveals that current bots and beasts fall far short of human capabilities.

Frankenstein's Cat

Author : Emily Anthes
Publisher : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 142994952X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Frankenstein's Cat written by Emily Anthes and published by Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of 2014 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Best Young Adult Science Book Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award One of Nature's Summer Book Picks One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science Books For centuries, we've toyed with our creature companions, breeding dogs that herd and hunt, housecats that look like tigers, and teacup pigs that fit snugly in our handbags. But what happens when we take animal alteration a step further, engineering a cat that glows green under ultraviolet light or cloning the beloved family Labrador? Science has given us a whole new toolbox for tinkering with life. How are we using it? In Frankenstein's Cat, the journalist Emily Anthes takes us from petri dish to pet store as she explores how biotechnology is shaping the future of our furry and feathered friends. As she ventures from bucolic barnyards to a "frozen zoo" where scientists are storing DNA from the planet's most exotic creatures, she discovers how we can use cloning to protect endangered species, craft prosthetics to save injured animals, and employ genetic engineering to supply farms with disease-resistant livestock. Along the way, we meet some of the animals that are ushering in this astonishing age of enhancement, including sensor-wearing seals, cyborg beetles, a bionic bulldog, and the world's first cloned cat. Through her encounters with scientists, conservationists, ethicists, and entrepreneurs, Anthes reveals that while some of our interventions may be trivial (behold: the GloFish), others could improve the lives of many species-including our own. So what does biotechnology really mean for the world's wild things? And what do our brave new beasts tell us about ourselves? With keen insight and her trademark spunk, Anthes highlights both the peril and the promise of our scientific superpowers, taking us on an adventure into a world where our grandest science fiction fantasies are fast becoming reality.

Coherence in Thought and Action

Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262700924
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Coherence in Thought and Action written by Paul Thagard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002-07-26 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals, and actions. Paul Thagard proposes a general theory of coherence as the satisfaction of multiple interacting constraints, and discusses the theory's numerous psychological and philosophical applications. Much of human cognition can be understood in terms of coherence as constraint satisfaction, and many of the central problems of philosophy can be given coherence-based solutions. Thagard shows how coherence can help to unify psychology and philosophy, particularly when addressing questions of epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. He also shows how coherence can integrate cognition and emotion.

Balance

Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231556071
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Balance written by Paul Thagard and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living is a balancing act. Ordinary activities like walking, running, or riding a bike require the brain to keep the body in balance. A dancer’s poised elegance and a tightrope walker’s breathtaking performance are feats of balance. Language abounds with expressions and figures of speech that invoke balance. People fret over work-life balance or try to eat a balanced diet. The concept crops up from politics—checks and balances, the balance of power, balanced budgets—to science, in which ideas of equilibrium are crucial. Why is balance so fundamental, and how do physical and metaphorical balance shed light on each other? Paul Thagard explores the physiological workings and metaphorical resonance of balance in the brain, the body, and society. He describes the neural mechanisms that keep bodies balanced and explains why their failures can result in nausea, falls, or vertigo. Thagard connects bodily balance with leading ideas in neuroscience, including the nature of consciousness. He analyzes balance metaphors across science, medicine, economics, the arts, and philosophy, showing why some aid understanding but others are misleading or harmful. Thagard contends that balance is ultimately a matter of making sense of the world. In both literal and metaphorical senses, balance is what enables people to solve the puzzles of life by turning sensory signals or an incongruous comparison into a coherent whole. Bridging philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, Balance shows how an unheralded concept’s many meanings illuminate the human condition.

An Essay of the Bots of Horses, and Other Animals

Author : Bracy Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book An Essay of the Bots of Horses, and Other Animals written by Bracy Clark and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transformers Rescue Bots: Robots to the Rescue!

Author : Thea Feldman
Publisher : Studio Fun International
ISBN 13 : 9780794436858
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (368 download)

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Book Synopsis Transformers Rescue Bots: Robots to the Rescue! by : Thea Feldman

Download or read book Transformers Rescue Bots: Robots to the Rescue! written by Thea Feldman and published by Studio Fun International. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a fun new way to explore all the excitement at the Griffin Rock--in this book with pull tabs featuring each of the Transformer Rescue Bots that, when pulled, reveal something hidden on each page! In this action-packed book for preschoolers, the Rescue Bots do what they do best: keep everyone in Griffin Rock safe! With the pull of a tab, Heatwave transforms from his vehicle to robot mode in order to cool down a heated situation in Griffin Rock. With the pull of a tab on each spread, another popular character saves the day—whether it’s Boulder taking care of a traffic jam, Salvage rescuing a woman from a shipwreck, Blurr destroying a meteor about to hit the Earth, Blades rescuing Doc Greene and Frankie from an island where a volcano is about to blow, or High Tide rescuing one of the other Rescuebots from a whirlpool out in the ocean! There are six spreads and tabs in all, and the most popular and newest Bots are featured in this book based on the popular animated TV show.

Beasts and Gods

Author : Roslyn Fuller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783605448
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Beasts and Gods written by Roslyn Fuller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy does not deliver on the things we have assumed are its natural outcomes. This, coupled with a growing sense of malaise in both new and established democracies forms the basis to the assertion made by some, that these are not democracies at all. Through considerable, impressive empirical analysis of a variety of voting methods, across twenty different nations, Roslyn Fuller presents the data that makes this contention indisputable. Proving that the party which forms the government rarely receives the majority of the popular vote, that electoral systems regularly produce manufactured majorities and that the better funded side invariably wins such contests in both elections and referenda, Fuller's findings challenge the most fundamental elements of both national politics and broader society. Beast and Gods argues for a return to democracy as perceived by the ancient Athenians. Boldly arguing for the necessity of the Aristotelian assumption that citizens are agents whose wishes and aims can be attained through participation in politics, and through an examination of what “goods” are provided by democracy, Fuller offers a powerful challenge to the contemporary liberal view that there are no "goods" in politics, only individual citizens seeking to fulfil their particular interests.

Transformers Rescue Bots: Meet Griffin Rock Rescue

Author : Hasbro
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316389765
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Transformers Rescue Bots: Meet Griffin Rock Rescue written by Hasbro and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out all about new and old Transformers Rescue Bots heroes, friends, foes, and more, in this exciting deluxe book. It even includes new recruits Servo, Salvage, and Blurr! © 2016 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

Building Chatbots with Microsoft Bot Framework and Node.Js

Author : G. Akshay Kulkarni
Publisher : Manning Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781617295133
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Building Chatbots with Microsoft Bot Framework and Node.Js written by G. Akshay Kulkarni and published by Manning Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so many flesh-and-blood humans needing support, digital assistants can offer a valuable service finding out what users need and improving the basic process of online data gathering. Building Chatbots with Microsoft Bot Framework and Node.js walks readers concept-by-concept through the process of building their own capable chatbot. With this in-depth, practical book readers learn the basics of chatbot design, development, and deployment by building a virtual health assistant. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Transformers Rescue Bots: Reading Adventures

Author : Hasbro
Publisher : LB Kids
ISBN 13 : 9780316337472
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Transformers Rescue Bots: Reading Adventures written by Hasbro and published by LB Kids. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bindup of illustrated, television show-based readers is sure to thrill younger Transformers fans! Includes Meet Heatwave, Meet Chase, Meet Blades, Meet Boulder, Team of Heroes, and Meet Optimus Primal. © 2015 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

Transformers Rescue Bots: Training Academy: Monster Trucks and Race Cars!

Author : Trey King
Publisher : LB Kids
ISBN 13 : 0316472026
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Transformers Rescue Bots: Training Academy: Monster Trucks and Race Cars! written by Trey King and published by LB Kids. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the Rescue Bots are going to learn about the fastest cars and the biggest monster trucks! They'll explore some engines, check out big tires, speed around racetracks, and more! Want to race along for the adventure? The Rescue Bots are here to learn about Earth the fun way! This new narrative series presents fun facts and photographs of children's favorite topics, alongside characters from the popular toy and cartoon brand: Transformers Rescue Bots. This new form of nonfiction promises to be both educational and entertaining for any fan. Passport to Reading Level 2 ©2017 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.

Mind-Society

Author : Paul Thagard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190686405
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Mind-Society written by Paul Thagard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with major social sciences (social psychology, sociology, politics, economics, anthropology, and history) and professions (medicine, law, education, engineering, and business). Social change emerges from interacting social and mental mechanisms. Many economists and political scientists assume that individuals make rational choices, despite the abundance of evidence that people frequently succumb to thinking errors such as motivated inference. Much of sociology and anthropology is taken over with postmodernist assumptions that everything is constructed on the basis of social relations such as power, with no inkling that these relations are mediated by how people think about each other. Mind-Society displays the interdependence of the cognitive and social sciences by describing the interconnections among mental and social mechanisms, which interact to generate social changes ranging from marriage patterns to wars. Validation comes from detailed studies of important social changes, from norms about romantic relationships to economic practices, political institutions, religious customs, and international relations. This book belongs to a trio that includes Brain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity and Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty. They can be read independently, but together they make up a Treatise on Mind and Society that provides a unified and comprehensive treatment of the cognitive sciences, social sciences, professions, and humanities.

Scooby-Doo! Encyclopedia

Author : Benjamin Bird
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496565827
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Scooby-Doo! Encyclopedia written by Benjamin Bird and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "200+ characters and guest stars!"--Cover.

An Earth-Bot's Solution to Plastic Pollution

Author : Russell Ayto
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1525305506
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book An Earth-Bot's Solution to Plastic Pollution written by Russell Ayto and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshing take on an all-too-important topic. Neo spends all his time playing his favorite video game, joining forces with other Earth-bots to defend the planet against invading aliens. But when his sea creature neighbors won’t stop pleading with him to help them clean up the plastic that’s ruining the ocean, Neo reluctantly agrees to check it out, and he’s shocked by what he discovers. There’s an actual invasion taking place right outside his door — a plastic invasion! And it’s too big to handle on his own! Sure to inspire real Earth-bots — er, children — everywhere to heed Neo’s call to protect the oceans from plastic!

Meet High Tide

Author : John Sazaklis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781484466117
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Meet High Tide written by John Sazaklis and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Optimus Prime wants his friend High Tide to teach the Rescue Bots about water rescues. But first, High Tide must learn about teamwork in order to help protect the people of Griffin Rock"--