Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded and Machine Minds
Russell Blackford, Damien Broderick · 2014
Intelligence Unbound explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists. -Compelling and intellectually sophisticatedexploration of the latest thinking on Artificial Intelligence and machine minds -Features contributions from an international cast of philosophers, Artificial Intelligence researchers, science fiction authors, and more -Offers current, diverse perspectives on machine intelligence and uploaded minds, emerging topics of tremendous interest -Illuminates the nature and ethics of tomorrow's machine minds'and of the convergence of humans and machines'to consider the pros and cons of a variety of intriguing possibilities -Considers classic philosophical puzzles as well as the latest topics debated by scholars -Covers a wide range of viewpoints and arguments regarding the prospects of uploading and machine intelligence, including proponents and skeptics, pros and cons