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Oliveira, Arlindo L.,

The digital mind : how science is redefining humanity / Arlindo Oliveira. - 1 online resource (xxii, 317 pages) : illustrations - The MIT Press Ser. . - MIT Press Ser. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Red Queen's race -- The exponential nature of technology -- From Maxwell to the Internet -- The universal machine -- The quest for intelligent machines -- Cells, bodies, and brains -- Biology meets computation -- How the brain works -- Understanding the brain -- Brains, minds, and machines -- Challenges and promises -- Speculations.

How developments in science and technology may enable the emergence of purely digital minds -- intelligent machines equal to or greater in power than the human brain.

ISBN: 9780262338394 (electronic bk.) 0262338394 (electronic bk.) 9780262338400 (electronic bk.) 0262338408 (electronic bk.)

Source: 22573/ctt1nkksx6 JSTOR 21DAA412-ABF0-44DE-B845-E80BF584BE66 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 10998 MIT Press 9780262338394 MIT Press

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Artificial intelligence.
Cognitive science--History.
Brain--Computer simulation.
Intelligence artificielle.
Sciences cognitives--Histoire.
Cerveau--Simulation par ordinateur.
artificial intelligence.
COMPUTERS--General.
SCIENCE--Cognitive Science.
Artificial intelligence.
Brain--Computer simulation.
Cognitive science.

Subjects--Index Terms: COMPUTER SCIENCE/General

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: Q335 / .O45 2017eb

Dewey Class. No.: 006.3