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 Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject: DIGTAL SOUL - New book about intelligent machines in our fut |
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Don>t miss this provocative new book about conscious machines
DIGITAL SOUL - INTELLIGENT MACHINES AND HUMAN VALUES
by Thomas M. Georges, Westview Press 290 pp, 2003.
Synopsis:
Do our machines live private lives of their own? Is your PC secretly
plotting against you? Well, not yet, but scientists seriously predict
that in about 30 years computer intelligence will rival our own. How
shall we treat these machines? Will they be morally accountable for
their actions? Will they demand civil rights? Should we worry that
they will take over the world? Or is the very idea of artificial
intelligence a lot of sci-fi nonsense? Digital Soul conducts a
balanced inquiry into these and many other intriguing questions about
the emergence of intelligent artifacts and their social, moral, legal,
and religious implications.
Dr. Georges sets out to demystify nebulous concepts like intelligence,
mind, emotions, consciousness, morality, soul, and even God, by
suggesting plausible physical explanations. If the logical structure
of these concepts can be precisely defined, he says, then similar
traits could eventually be programmed into machines. The implications
penetrate every nook and cranny of our social fabric and could force
us to rethink our most cherished and sacred values.
Digital Soul>s engaging prose is tailored for a general but
scientifically curious audience, particularly those interested in
machine intelligence, morality, ethics, cognitive science, science
policy, religion, the philosophy of science, and mankind>s future.
Chapters:
1. Artificial intelligence--that>s the fake kind, right?
2. What makes computers so smart?
3. What do you mean, smarter than us?
4. Machines who think
5. Let the android do it
6. What is intelligence?
7. What is consciousness?
8. Can computers have emotions?
9. Can your PC become neurotic?
10. The moral mind
11. Moral problems with intelligent artifacts
12. The moral machine
13. Global network to global mind
14. Will machines take over?
15. Why not just pull the plug?
16. Cultures in collision
17. Beyond human dignity
18. Extinction or immortality?
19. The enemy within
20. Electronic democracy
21. Rethinking the covenant between science and society
22. What about God?
For more information, please visit http://digitalsoul.home.comcast.net |
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Immortalist
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:05 am Post subject: Re: DIGTAL SOUL - New book about intelligent machines in our |
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"Han Solo" <meowztung@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8c80cbcb.0308280859.115735a4@posting.google.com...
[quote]Don>t miss this provocative new book about conscious machines
DIGITAL SOUL - INTELLIGENT MACHINES AND HUMAN VALUES
by Thomas M. Georges, Westview Press 290 pp, 2003.
Synopsis:
Do our machines live private lives of their own? Is your PC secretly
plotting against you? Well, not yet, but scientists seriously predict
that in about 30 years computer intelligence will rival our own. How
shall we treat these machines? Will they be morally accountable for
their actions? Will they demand civil rights? Should we worry that
they will take over the world? Or is the very idea of artificial
intelligence a lot of sci-fi nonsense? Digital Soul conducts a
balanced inquiry into these and many other intriguing questions about
the emergence of intelligent artifacts and their social, moral, legal,
and religious implications.
Dr. Georges sets out to demystify nebulous concepts like intelligence,
mind, emotions, consciousness, morality, soul, and even God, by
suggesting plausible physical explanations. If the logical structure
of these concepts can be precisely defined, he says, then similar
traits could eventually be programmed into machines. The implications
penetrate every nook and cranny of our social fabric and could force
us to rethink our most cherished and sacred values.
Digital Soul>s engaging prose is tailored for a general but
scientifically curious audience, particularly those interested in
machine intelligence, morality, ethics, cognitive science, science
policy, religion, the philosophy of science, and mankind>s future.
[/quote]
Will these machines evolve to the point where they can create in the flesh
every possible alien and organism that can occur in this universe at once?
[quote]Chapters:
1. Artificial intelligence--that>s the fake kind, right?
2. What makes computers so smart?
3. What do you mean, smarter than us?
4. Machines who think
5. Let the android do it
6. What is intelligence?
7. What is consciousness?
8. Can computers have emotions?
9. Can your PC become neurotic?
10. The moral mind
11. Moral problems with intelligent artifacts
12. The moral machine
13. Global network to global mind
14. Will machines take over?
15. Why not just pull the plug?
16. Cultures in collision
17. Beyond human dignity
18. Extinction or immortality?
19. The enemy within
20. Electronic democracy
21. Rethinking the covenant between science and society
22. What about God?
For more information, please visit http://digitalsoul.home.comcast.net[/quote] |
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