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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Wellek Library Lectures
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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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 |
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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 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Catherine Malabou. |