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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, John, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cybernetics.

Artificial life.

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"A Bradford Book."

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-451) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-29287-4

0-262-27635-6

1-4356-6535-X

OCLC:

255975196