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

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Johnston, John, 1947-

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text

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online resource

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9780262276351
0262276356
9781435665354
143566535X
9780262101264
0262101262

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Allure of machinic life.DDC classification:

003/.5 22

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Q310 .J65 2008eb

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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 MachinesNotes; Index.

Summary: 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.

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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.

8 Learning from Neuroscience: New Prospects for Building Intelligent MachinesNotes; Index.

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