Oliveira, Arlindo L.,

The digital mind : how science is redefining humanity / Arlindo Oliveira. - 1 PDF (xxii, 317 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Red Queen's race -- The exponential nature of technology -- From Maxwell to the Internet -- The universal machine -- The quest for intelligent machines -- Cells, bodies, and brains -- Biology meets computation -- How the brain works -- Understanding the brain -- Brains, minds, and machines -- Challenges and promises -- Speculations.

Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

How developments in science and technology may enable the emergence of purely digital minds -- intelligent machines equal to or greater in power than the human brain.




Mode of access: World Wide Web

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Artificial intelligence.
Cognitive science--History.
Brain--Computer simulation.
Artificial intelligence.
Brain--Computer simulation.
Cognitive science.


History.
Electronic books.

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