Morphing Intelligence : : From IQ Measurement to Artificial Brains / / Catherine Malabou.

What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes the intertwined, networked relationships among...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:The Wellek Library Lectures
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
Translator's Foreword: Why I Translate So Intelligently: Translation Mètis in the Era of Google Translate --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
PREFACE --
INTRODUCTION --
1. g: INTELLIGENCE AND GENETIC FATE --
2. THE "BLUE BRAIN" --
3. LIKE A POLLOCK PAINTING --
CONCLUSION --
Postscript to the English Translation. Artificial Intelligence: The Fourth Blow to Our Narcissism --
NOTES --
INDEX
Summary:What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes the intertwined, networked relationships among the biological, the technological, and the symbolic.Malabou traces the modern metamorphoses of intelligence, seeking to understand how neurobiological and neurotechnological advances have transformed our view. She considers three crucial developments: the notion of intelligence as an empirical, genetically based quality measurable by standardized tests; the shift to the epigenetic paradigm, with its emphasis on neural plasticity; and the dawn of artificial intelligence, with its potential to simulate, replicate, and ultimately surpass the workings of the brain. Malabou concludes that a dialogue between human and cybernetic intelligence offers the best if not the only means to build a democratic future. A strikingly original exploration of our changing notions of intelligence and the human and their far-reaching philosophical and political implications, Morphing Intelligence is an essential analysis of the porous border between symbolic and biological life at a time when once-clear distinctions between mind and machine have become uncertain.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231547239
9783110651959
9783110610765
9783110664232
9783110610550
9783110606423
DOI:10.7312/mala18736
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Catherine Malabou.