Emergence, Mind, and Consciousness: A Bio-Inspired Design for a Conscious Agent - Couverture souple

Lucas, Gary A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1462041388 ISBN 13 : 9781462041381

Editeur : iUniverse, 2011

Synopsis

In Emergence, Mind, and Consciousness, author Gary A. Lucas does something that many consider impossible: he bridges the gap between a bottom-up description of brain mechanisms and the top-down emergence of mental processes. The result is a comprehensive yet readily understandable explanation of how consciousness emerges. Lucas, however, strives to do more. He seeks to design an artificial agent with all the essential properties of the human mind- consciousness, declarative memory, a sense of self, reasoning skills, language, and social identity. His account is mechanistic, and yet, as the bio-inspired networks are linked to emergent mental properties, we come to understand that we can truly construct a conscious agent. We have a model for how to build one. If you're interested in the emergent properties of mind, consciousness, cognition, self-awareness, social belongingness, or the possibility of constructing a robotic agent with such properties, then this is essential reading. It is conscious mind explained on a level that even a robot will understand it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1462041388
• ISBN 13: 9781462041381
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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