The Human As A Robot Or A Biological Organism
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| Author | : Marcienne Martin |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2022-09-29 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1527589455 |
Questioning the meaning and nature of the universe and the living world calls upon all existing fields of research. If the answers to these metaphysical questions have not been provided in a strict sense, their deciphering is constantly updated with the various discoveries that are gradually transforming humankind’s view of the surrounding environment. We are referring here to human consciousness, integrated into the world of reality and experienced as such, and not to consciousness whose normative filter, born of various beliefs, subtracts the most recent scientific advances. The relationship between the binary system and the quaternary system is at the origin of this book, which focuses on the questions: is any unit of living organisms only the result of a given programming? What then of the human being? Are they a robot participating in the living world or a consciousness inscribed in a biological habitat?
| Author | : Paul Levi |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 486 |
| Release | : 2010-05-18 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 3642116922 |
This book examines the evolution of self-organised multicellular structures, and the remarkable transition from unicellular to multicellular life. It shows the way forward in developing new robotic entities that are versatile, cooperative and self-configuring.
| Author | : Stefano Nolfi |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 9780262140706 |
An overview of the basic concepts and methodologies of evolutionary robotics, which views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their own skills in close interaction with the environment and without human intervention.
| Author | : Joseph Ayers |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 666 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780262011938 |
An overview of neurotechnology, the engineering of robots based on animals and animal behavior. The goal of neurotechnology is to confer the performance advantages of animal systems on robotic machines. Biomimetic robots differ from traditional robots in that they are agile, relatively cheap, and able to deal with real-world environments. The engineering of these robots requires a thorough understanding of the biological systems on which they are based, at both the biomechanical and physiological levels.This book provides an in-depth overview of the field. The areas covered include myomorphic actuators, which mimic muscle action; neuromorphic sensors, which, like animal sensors, represent sensory modalities such as light, pressure, and motion in a labeled-line code; biomimetic controllers, based on the relatively simple control systems of invertebrate animals; and the autonomous behaviors that are based on an animal's selection of behaviors from a species-specific behavioral "library." The ultimate goal is to develop a truly autonomous robot, one able to navigate and interact with its environment solely on the basis of sensory feedback without prompting from a human operator.
| Author | : John Long |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2012-04-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0465029280 |
What happens when we let robots play the game of life?br Darwin's Devices, Long tells the story of these evolving biorobots -- how they came to be, and what they can teach us about the biology of living and extinct species. Evolving biorobots can replicate creatures that disappeared from the earth long ago, showing us in real time what happens in the face of unexpected environmental challenges. Biomechanically correct models of backbones functioning as part of an autonomous robot, for example, can help us understand why the first vertebrates evolved them.But the most impressive feature of these robots, as Long shows, is their ability to illustrate the power of evolution to solve difficult technological challenges autonomously -- without human input regarding what a workable solution might be. Even a simple robot can create complex behavior, often learning or evolving greater intelligence than humans could possibly program. This remarkable idea could forever alter the face of engineering, design, and even warfare. An amazing tour through the workings of a fertile mind, Darwin's Devices will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about evolution, robot intelligence, and life itself.
| Author | : Sven Nyholm |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2020-03-09 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1786612283 |
Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? Even before these things truly happen, ethical and philosophical questions already arise. The reason is that we humans have a tendency to spontaneously attribute minds and “agency” to anything even remotely humanlike. Moreover, some people already say that robots should be our companions and have rights. Others say that robots should be slaves. This book tackles emerging ethical issues about human beings, robots, and agency head on. It explores the ethics of creating robots that are, or appear to be, decision-making agents. From military robots to self-driving cars to care robots or even sex robots equipped with artificial intelligence: how should we interpret the apparent agency of such robots? This book argues that we need to explore how human beings can best coordinate and collaborate with robots in responsible ways. It investigates ethically important differences between human agency and robot agency to work towards an ethics of responsible human-robot interaction.
| Author | : Ray Kurzweil |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 992 |
| Release | : 2005-09-22 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1101218886 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence,” presents an “elaborate, smart, and persuasive” (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development. “Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.”—Los Angeles Times “Startling in scope and bravado.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “An important book.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, The Singularity Is Near presents a radical and optimistic view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 1998-05-13 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0309060893 |
| Author | : Gillian Bendelow |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2005-07-28 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 113446813X |
Debating Biology takes a fresh look at the relationship between biology and society as it is played out in the arena of health and medicine.
| Author | : Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 379 |
| Release | : 2017-08-29 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 3319437844 |
This book enriches our views on representation and deepens our understanding of its different aspects. It arises out of several years of dialog between the editors and the authors, an interdisciplinary team of highly experienced researchers, and it reflects the best contemporary view of representation and reality in humans, other living beings, and intelligent machines. Structured into parts on the cognitive, computational, natural sciences, philosophical, logical, and machine perspectives, a theme of the field and the book is building and presenting networks, and the editors hope that the contributed chapters will spur understanding and collaboration between researchers in domains such as computer science, philosophy, logic, systems theory, engineering, psychology, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, linguistics, and synthetic biology.
