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Beschreibung

A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

This book surveys and examines the most famous philosophical arguments against building a machine with human-level intelligence.


From claims and counter-claims about the ability to implement consciousness, rationality, and meaning, to arguments about cognitive architecture, the book presents a vivid history of the clash between the philosophy and AI. Tellingly, the AI Wars are mostly quiet now. Explaining this crucial fact opens new paths to understanding the current resurgence AI (especially, deep learning AI and robotics), what happens when philosophy meets science, and the role of philosophy in the culture in which it is embedded.

Organising the arguments into four core topics - 'Is AI possible', 'Architectures of the Mind', 'Mental Semantics and Mental Symbols' and 'Rationality and Creativity' - this book shows the debate that played out between the philosophers on both sides of the question, and, as well, the debate between philosophers and AI scientists and engineers building AI systems. Up-to-date and forward-looking, the book is packed with fresh insights and supporting material, including:

- Accessible introductions to each war, explaining the background behind the main arguments against AI
- Each chapter details what happened in the AI wars, the legacy of the attacks, and what new controversies are on the horizon.
- Extensive bibliography of key readings

A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

This book surveys and examines the most famous philosophical arguments against building a machine with human-level intelligence.


From claims and counter-claims about the ability to implement consciousness, rationality, and meaning, to arguments about cognitive architecture, the book presents a vivid history of the clash between the philosophy and AI. Tellingly, the AI Wars are mostly quiet now. Explaining this crucial fact opens new paths to understanding the current resurgence AI (especially, deep learning AI and robotics), what happens when philosophy meets science, and the role of philosophy in the culture in which it is embedded.

Organising the arguments into four core topics - 'Is AI possible', 'Architectures of the Mind', 'Mental Semantics and Mental Symbols' and 'Rationality and Creativity' - this book shows the debate that played out between the philosophers on both sides of the question, and, as well, the debate between philosophers and AI scientists and engineers building AI systems. Up-to-date and forward-looking, the book is packed with fresh insights and supporting material, including:

- Accessible introductions to each war, explaining the background behind the main arguments against AI
- Each chapter details what happened in the AI wars, the legacy of the attacks, and what new controversies are on the horizon.
- Extensive bibliography of key readings

Über den Autor
Eric Dietrich is Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University, USA.
Zusammenfassung
Features plenty of pedagogical material including introductory overviews, further reading suggestions and a bibliography
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Figures

Prologue to the Second Edition

Prologue: The AI Wars and Beyond

Part I The AI Wars, 1950 to 2000

Introduction

The First War: Is AI Even Possible?

1 Gödel and a Foundational Objection to AI

2 How (not) to think about the Turing Test

The Second War: Architectures for Intelligence

3 How Computer Science Saved the Mind

4 Implementing an Intelligence

The Third War: Mental Semantics and Mental Symbols

5 The Strange Case of the Missing Meaning: Can Computers Think About Things?

The Fourth War: Rationality, Relevance, and Creativity

6 What is Relevant to What? The Frame Problem

Part II Beyond the AI Wars: New Issues Arise

Introduction

7 What about Consciousness?

8 Ethical Issues Surrounding AI Applications

9 Could Embodied AIs be Ethical Agents?

Part III The "New AI": Generative Models Reignite Old Controversies

Introduction: Why is the "new AI" surprising?

10 Representation and semantics in Large Language Models

11 Have LLMs changed the debate about consciousness?

12 Sustainability: the new ethical issue raised by generative AI

Conclusion: Whither the AI Wars?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781474257107
ISBN-10: 1474257100
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Heuveln, Bram van
Fields, Chris
Dietrich, Eric
Sullins, John P.
Zebrowski, Robin
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 233 x 161 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Bram van Heuveln (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.01.2021
Gewicht: 0,508 kg
Artikel-ID: 118199737

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