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Neuroengineering The Future: Virtual Minds And The Creation Of Immortality

Author : Bruce F Katz
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 1449633676
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)

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Book Synopsis Neuroengineering The Future: Virtual Minds And The Creation Of Immortality by : Bruce F Katz

Download or read book Neuroengineering The Future: Virtual Minds And The Creation Of Immortality written by Bruce F Katz and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are on the cusp of a broad revolution, one with startling implications for perception, cognition, emotion, and indeed, personal identity. Still in its relative infancy, this rapidly progressing field is poised to move from perceptual aids such as cochlear implants to devices that will enhance and speed up thought to the ultimate goal of researchers, that of downloading the mind from its bound state in the body to a platform-independent existence. This controversial book describes the science that will make these transformations possible. It begins by describing how the brain works, including an overview of the architecture of the brain. It then examines the current state-of-art neural technologies, including devices that read from the brain, and devices that can write information into the brain. The book also describes how insights from the nascent field of consciousness studies show how the full transfer of the “soul” could be realized. Finally, it considers what it would be like to be a mind unbound, and the possibilities beyond those found in ordinary corporeal life.

Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

Author : David J. Chalmers
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393635813
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Book Synopsis Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by : David J. Chalmers

Download or read book Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy written by David J. Chalmers and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be in a virtual world already. Along the way, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of big ideas in philosophy and science. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. How do we know that there’s an external world? Is there a god? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? How can we lead a good life? All of these questions are illuminated or transformed by Chalmers’ mind-bending analysis. Studded with illustrations that bring philosophical issues to life, Reality+ is a major statement that will shape discussion of philosophy, science, and technology for years to come.

Engineering Artificially Intelligent Systems

Author : William F. Lawless
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030893855
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Engineering Artificially Intelligent Systems by : William F. Lawless

Download or read book Engineering Artificially Intelligent Systems written by William F. Lawless and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many current AI and machine learning algorithms and data and information fusion processes attempt in software to estimate situations in our complex world of nested feedback loops. Such algorithms and processes must gracefully and efficiently adapt to technical challenges such as data quality induced by these loops, and interdependencies that vary in complexity, space, and time. To realize effective and efficient designs of computational systems, a Systems Engineering perspective may provide a framework for identifying the interrelationships and patterns of change between components rather than static snapshots. We must study cascading interdependencies through this perspective to understand their behavior and to successfully adopt complex system-of-systems in society. This book derives in part from the presentations given at the AAAI 2021 Spring Symposium session on Leveraging Systems Engineering to Realize Synergistic AI / Machine Learning Capabilities. Its 16 chapters offer an emphasis on pragmatic aspects and address topics in systems engineering; AI, machine learning, and reasoning; data and information fusion; intelligent systems; autonomous systems; interdependence and teamwork; human-computer interaction; trust; and resilience.

The Mind-Technology Problem

Author : Robert W. Clowes
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030726444
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Mind-Technology Problem written by Robert W. Clowes and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book deepens the engagement between 21st century philosophy of mind and the emerging technologies which are transforming our environment. Many new technologies appear to have important implications for the human mind, the nature of our cognition, our sense of identity and even perhaps what we think human beings are. They prompt questions such as: Would an uploaded mind be 'me'? Does our reliance on smart phones, or wearable gadgets enhance or diminish the human mind? and: How does our deep reliance upon ambient artificial intelligence change the shape of the human mind? Readers will discover the best philosophical analysis of what current and near future 21st technology means for the metaphysics of mind. Important questions are addressed on matters relating to the extended mind and the distributed self. Expert authors explore the role that the ubiquitous smart phone might have in creating new forms of self-knowledge. They consider machine consciousness, brain enhancement and smart ambient technology, and what they can tell us about phenomenal consciousness. While ideas of artificial general intelligence, cognitive enhancements and the smart environment are widely commented on, serious analysis of their philosophical implications is only getting started. These contributions from top scholars are therefore very timely, and are of particular relevance to students and scholars of the philosophy of mind, philosophy of technology, computer science and psychology.

Wisdom in the Context of Globalization and Civilization

Author : Henryk Krawczyk
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527544001
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Wisdom in the Context of Globalization and Civilization by : Henryk Krawczyk

Download or read book Wisdom in the Context of Globalization and Civilization written by Henryk Krawczyk and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when our developed knowledge does not support human activities in politics, economy, culture, and infrastructure today? The solution lies in knowing what wisdom is and willingly applying it to most of humanity’s activities, transforming a chaotic civilization into a wise one. A merely knowledge-rich society cannot sustain its civilization without being wise and willing to learn and apply this essential human virtue in practice. This book investigates the issues of human cognition with regards to current issues surrounding globalization and civilization in such a way as to define wisdom not only as an art, but as a science too. Its investigation emphasises the learning of wisdom at schools and colleges, and stresses that its application in practice should be as commonplace as arithmetic.

Like Minds

Author : Ben Miller
Publisher : Ben Miller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Like Minds by : Ben Miller

Download or read book Like Minds written by Ben Miller and published by Ben Miller. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he woke up, Saul expected to spend his day programming The World, an atomic simulation of reality. Instead, he discovers the young hacker he had chatted with only hours before is the latest victim of a serial killer. Before the day is over, he will discover that he is not only the killer's next target, but he is also the FBI's prime suspect. Saul's world begins to unravel as he reaches out of his isolation for help. FBI agent Janet Slaite is assigned to lead the investigation into the serial killer and finds that her own world begins to crash around her sending her on the run for her life. Miles away Trobden sets off on an adventure in the augmented reality world of StreetQuest that overlays a fantasy realm onto the real world. He heads off with his clan after riches through the transformed streets of Chicago and discovers a part of the game that was only whispered of in legends. All three minds are wrapped up together in a deadly adventure none of them could have imagined that would change their lives and their world forever.

The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines

Author : Pentti O. Haikonen
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845408039
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines by : Pentti O. Haikonen

Download or read book The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines written by Pentti O. Haikonen and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could a machine have an immaterial mind? The author argues that true conscious machines can be built, but rejects artificial intelligence and classical neural networks in favour of the emulation of the cognitive processes of the brain—the flow of inner speech, inner imagery and emotions. This results in a non-numeric meaning-processing machine with distributed information representation and system reactions. It is argued that this machine would be conscious; it would be aware of its own existence and its mental content and perceive this as immaterial. Novel views on consciousness and the mind–body problem are presented. This book is a must for anyone interested in consciousness research and the latest ideas in the forthcoming technology of mind.

Mind Flight

Author : Tom Lombardo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465349189
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

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Book Synopsis Mind Flight by : Tom Lombardo

Download or read book Mind Flight written by Tom Lombardo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With great honesty, and both drama and romance, Mind Flight weaves together personal narrative and intellectual odyssey, taking readers along on the authors pursuit of wisdom and enlightenment, his search for love, and his quest for an inspiring vision of the future. Encyclopedic in scope, the book pulls together Plato, Freud, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and other epochal historical figures with Pink Floyd, the Hippies, the Sexual Revolution, A Clockwork Orange, the Yin-Yang, the madhouse world of mental health, and the fantastical visions of science fiction. What results in this grand saga is not only a chronicle of one mans journey from industrial, middle-class Americawhere weightlifting and fist fighting define virtue and valueto the philosophical life in the mystical expanse of the Southwest, but a profound exploration of the archetypal themes of order and chaos; good and evil; truth and beauty; passion and reason; and science and God. Mind Flight draws the reader into the vast wonders and possibilities of the future, and is a stunning example of living the examined life.

Transmedial Narration

Author : Lars Elleström
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030012948
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Transmedial Narration by : Lars Elleström

Download or read book Transmedial Narration written by Lars Elleström and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book is a methodical treatise on narration in different types of media. A theoretical rather than a historical study, Transmedial Narration is relevant for an understanding of narration in all times, including our own. By reconstructing the theoretical framework of transmedial narration, this book enables the inclusion of all kinds of communicative media forms on their own terms. The treatise is divided into three parts. Part I presents established and newly developed concepts that are vital for formulating a nuanced theoretical model of transmedial narration. Part II investigates the specific transmedial media characteristics that are most central for realizing narratives in a plenitude of different media types. Finally, Part III contains brief studies in which the narrative potentials of painting, instrumental music, mathematical equations, and guided tours are illuminated with the aid of the theoretical framework developed throughout the book. Suitable for advanced students and scholars, this book provides tools to disentangle the narrative potential of any form of communication.

Reverse Engineering the Mind

Author : Florian Neukart
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658161760
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (581 download)

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Book Synopsis Reverse Engineering the Mind by : Florian Neukart

Download or read book Reverse Engineering the Mind written by Florian Neukart and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florian Neukart describes methods for interpreting signals in the human brain in combination with state of the art AI, allowing for the creation of artificial conscious entities (ACE). Key methods are to establish a symbiotic relationship between a biological brain, sensors, AI and quantum hard- and software, resulting in solutions for the continuous consciousness-problem as well as other state of the art problems. The research conducted by the author attracts considerable attention, as there is a deep urge for people to understand what advanced technology means in terms of the future of mankind. This work marks the beginning of a journey – the journey towards machines with conscious action and artificially accelerated human evolution.

Natural Language and Possible Minds

Author : Prakash Mondal
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004344209
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Natural Language and Possible Minds written by Prakash Mondal and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Natural Language and Possible Minds: How Language Uncovers the Cognitive Landscape of Nature Prakash Mondal attempts to demonstrate that language can reveal the hidden logical texture of diverse types of mentality in non-humans, contrary to popular belief. The widely held assumption in mainstream cognitive science is that language being humanly unique introduces an anthropomorphic bias in investigations into the nature of other possible minds. This book turns this around by formulating a lattice of mental structures distilled from linguistic structures constituting the cognitive building blocks of an ensemble of biological entities/beings. This turns out to have surprising consequences for machine cognition as well. Challenging mainstream views, this book will appeal to cognitive scientists, philosophers of mind, linguists and also cognitive ethologists.

Lewis Carroll's "Alice" and Cognitive Narratology

Author : Francesca Arnavas
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110689278
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Lewis Carroll's "Alice" and Cognitive Narratology by : Francesca Arnavas

Download or read book Lewis Carroll's "Alice" and Cognitive Narratology written by Francesca Arnavas and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an age that is witnessing a growing interest in narrative studies, cognitive neuroscientific tools, mind studies and artificial intelligence hypotheses. This book therefore aims to expand the exegesis of Carroll's "Alice" books, aligning them with the current intellectual environment. The theoretical force of this volume lies in the successful encounter between a great book (and all its polysemous ramifications) and a new interpretative point of view, powerful enough to provide a new original contribution, but well grounded enough not to distort the text itself. Moreover, this book is one of the first to offer a complete, thorough analysis of one single text through the theoretical lens of cognitive narratology, and not just as a series of brief examples embedded within a more general discussion. It emphasises in a more direct, effective way the actual novelty and usefulness of the dialogue established between narrative theory and the cognitive sciences. It links specific concepts elaborated in the theory of cognitive narratology with the analysis of the "Alice" books, helping in this way to discuss, question and extend the concepts themselves, opening up new interpretations and practical methods.

Can We Do Better?

Author : Don Morris
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398464031
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Can We Do Better? written by Don Morris and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you prefer to think outside the box, then this book is for you. It is an insightful, penetrating and far-reaching call to decency, integrity and accountability. The book is a clarion call to reevaluate our man-made world of dogmas, ideologies, myths, and masculine institutions and industries. It is a strongly-worded call to embrace facts and critical thinking; especially, in the face of religious, political and conspiratorial distortions of key human and environmental issues. Can We Do Better? is a clear-minded invitation to informed, rational and values-based citizenship, custodianship and leadership. Necessarily, therefore, this book is a robust call to integrity and accountability in governance. Every chapter invites us to be aware, factual, honest, sensitive, compassionate and responsible. In contrast to the modern prominence of individualistic transactional leveraging, this book advocates values-based relationships, communities and ecologies. We men are invited to confront some ‘inconvenient truths’, and to learn from and internalise Yin-based wisdom. To promote Yin-based wisdom, this book encourages women and First Peoples to step forward as role models, educators, stewards and leaders. In conjunction with Yin-based wisdom, this book argues that a critical mass of us need to embrace holistic and homeostatic systems principles and priorities. ‘Holistic systems wisdom’ is crucial in reducing longstanding fragmentation, harms, suffering and disasters. So ... be curious, and read this compelling and innovative book. Look out for the publication of a ‘Companion Workbook’ that is designed to enable you to explore and apply the values and principles in Can We Do Better?

Of Thoughts And Words: The Relation Between Language And Mind - Proceedings Of Nobel Symposium 92

Author : Sture Allen
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1783263873
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Book Synopsis Of Thoughts And Words: The Relation Between Language And Mind - Proceedings Of Nobel Symposium 92 by : Sture Allen

Download or read book Of Thoughts And Words: The Relation Between Language And Mind - Proceedings Of Nobel Symposium 92 written by Sture Allen and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-11-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of language is an elusive one, and the concept of mind even more so. Still the relation between them is of current interest in many quarters. The purpose of the Nobel Symposium on language and mind was to establish a forum for the discussion of this fundamental relation in a creative perspective. Representatives of several fields of knowledge, arts, and research gathered in an interdisciplinary setting, focusing on five aspects: literature, general linguistics, psycholinguistics, neurology, and artificial intelligence.

The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration

Author : Steven S. Gouveia
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1622739574
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)

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Book Synopsis The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration by : Steven S. Gouveia

Download or read book The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration written by Steven S. Gouveia and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With worldwide spending estimates of over $97 billion by 2023, it is no surprise that Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is one of the hottest topics at present in both the private and public spheres. Comprising of vital contributions from the most influential researchers in the field, including Daniel Dennett, Roman V. Yampolskiy, Frederic Gilbert, Stevan Harnad, David Pearce, Natasha Vita-More, Vernon Vinge and Ben Goertzel, ‘The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration’ discusses a variety of topics ranging from the various ethical issues associated with A.I. based technologies in terms of morality and law to subjects related to artificial consciousness, artistic creativity and intelligence. The volume is organized as follows: Section I is dedicated to reflections on the Intelligence of A.I., with chapters by Soenke Ziesche and Roman V. Yampolskiy, Stevan Harnad, Daniel Dennett and David Pearce. Next, Section II discusses the relationship between consciousness, simulation and artificial intelligence, with chapters by Gabriel Axel Montes and Ben Goertzel, Cody Turner, Nicole Hall and Steven S. Gouveia. Section III, dedicated to aesthetical creativity and language in artificial intelligence, includes chapters by Caterina Moruzzi, René Mogensen, Mariana Chinellato Ferreira and Kulvinder Panesar. The subsequent Section IV is on the Ethics of the Bionic Brain with the participation of Peter A. DePergola II, Tomislav Miletić and Frederic Gilbert, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Txetxu Ausin, Ricardo M. Ferrer and Stephen Rainey and Natasha Vita-More. Finally, Section V follows on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence with chapters by Federico Pistono and Roman V. Yamploskiy, Hasse Hämäläinen, Vernon Vinge and Eray Özkural. The Age of Artificial Intelligence is imminent, if not here already. We should ensure that we invest in the right people and the right ideas to create the best possible solutions to the problems of the present and prepare for those of the future. This edited volume will be of particular interest to researchers in the field of A.I. as well of those in Cognitive Science (Philosophy of the Mind, Neuroscience, and Linguistics), Aesthetics and Arts, Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy / Law. Students studying the aforementioned topics can also benefit from its contents.

Out of Our Heads

Author : Alva Noë
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780809074655
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Out of Our Heads written by Alva Noë and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work the author suggests that consciousness is not something that exists in the brain but rather is something that we do.

Learning Support Systems for Organizational Learning

Author : Joachim Hasebrook
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812388311
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Learning Support Systems for Organizational Learning written by Joachim Hasebrook and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major trends in e-learning are determined by the global demand of academic, elderly and non-traditional target groups for training and education. The advent of the learning organization reflects these major shifts of the educational markets within companies. Automation of learning processes does not enhance a company's productivity; augmentation of individual and collaborative learning processes is needed.This book reflects seven years of applied research (1997-2003) in the fields of adaptive multimedia systems, knowledge-based and collaborative learning environments, and intelligent software agents.