The quest for a universal theory of intelligence : the mind, the machine, and singularity hypotheses / Christian Hugo Hoffmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Christian Hugo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Intellect.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2022]

Summary:

Recent findings about the capabilities of smart animals such as corvids or octopi and novel types of artificial intelligence (AI), from social robots to cognitive assistants, are provoking the demand for new answers for meaningful comparison with other kinds of intelligence. This book fills this need by proposing a universal theory of intelligence which is based on causal learning as the central theme of intelligence. The goal is not just to describe, but mainly to explain queries like why one kind of intelligence is more intelligent than another, whatsoever the intelligence. Shiny terms like "strong AI," "superintelligence," "singularity" or "artificial general intelligence" that have been coined by a Babylonian confusion of tongues are clarified on the way.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Part I: The different localizations, facets and forms of intelligence

1 Intelligence in human animals

2 Intelligence in biological animals

3 Intelligence in artificial animals

Part II: Scaffolding intelligence

4 Preliminaries and prior work on framing intelligence

5 Towards a causal theory of intelligence

6 Theory in action: Causal modeling

7 Theory validation

Part III: Evaluating machine intelligence in current and past AI

8 The Turing Test

9 Caveats and innovations

10 A tentative solution

Part IV: Singularity hypotheses

11 Arguments conducive to the belief that the singularity is near

12 Arguments against strong AI: Close but no cigar

13 Closing remarks

Overall conclusion and some practical implications

References

About the author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (de Gruyter eBooks, viewed on March 29, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Hoffmann, Christian Hugo The Quest for a Universal Theory of Intelligence

ISBN:

9783110756166