The debate on the feasibility and applications of artificial intelligence has concentrated on the arguments about the concept of 'intelligence', largely neglecting the concept of the 'artificial'. Most of the recent literature is concerned with whether or not the concept of intelligence is transferable to the computer. Apart from the book by H.A. Simon, "The Sciences of the Artificial" (1969), no serious attempt has been made to define a conceptual framework for understanding the true nature of intelligent machines independently of the 'human' features claimed, or denied, for them....
The debate on the feasibility and applications of artificial intelligence has concentrated on the arguments about the concept of 'intelligence', large...
The human ambition to reproduce and improve natural objects and processes has a long history, and ranges from dreams to actual design, from Icarus's wings to modern robotics and bioengineering. This imperative seems to be linked not only to practical utility but also to our deepest psychology. Nevertheless, reproducing something natural is not an easy enterprise, and the actual replication of a natural object or process by means of some technology is impossible. In this book the author uses the term naturoid to designate any real artifact arising from our attempts to reproduce natural...
The human ambition to reproduce and improve natural objects and processes has a long history, and ranges from dreams to actual design, from Icarus'...
The human ambition to reproduce and improve natural objects and processes has a long history, and ranges from dreams to actual design, from Icarus's wings to modern robotics and bioengineering. This imperative seems to be linked not only to practical utility but also to our deepest psychology. Nevertheless, reproducing something natural is not an easy enterprise, and the actual replication of a natural object or process by means of some technology is impossible. In this book the author uses the term naturoid to designate any real artifact arising from our attempts to reproduce natural...
The human ambition to reproduce and improve natural objects and processes has a long history, and ranges from dreams to actual design, from Icarus'...
