Darwin among the machines : the evolution of global intelligence /
Dyson, George
Darwin among the machines : the evolution of global intelligence / George Dyson - California : Basic Books, c1997. - xii, 286 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Preface: Edge of the World -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Leviathan -- 2. Darwin Among the Machines -- 3. The General Wind -- 4. On Computable Numbers -- 5. The Proving Ground -- 6. Rats in a Cathedral -- 7. Symbiogenesis -- 8. On Distributed Communications -- 9. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior -- 10. There's Plenty of Room at the Top -- 11. Last and First Men -- 12. Fiddling While Rome Burns -- Notes -- Index.
Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's journey into the digital wilderness. Introducing a cast of familiar and not-so-familiar characters, historian of science George B. Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries-from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann-who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial life, and artificial mind. This profound and elegant book derives both its title and its outlook from Samuel Butler's 1863 essay, "Darwin Among the Machines." Observing the beginnings of miniaturization.
9780465031627
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ARTIFICIAL LIFE
NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER SCIENCE)
Q 335 .D97 1997
Darwin among the machines : the evolution of global intelligence / George Dyson - California : Basic Books, c1997. - xii, 286 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Preface: Edge of the World -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Leviathan -- 2. Darwin Among the Machines -- 3. The General Wind -- 4. On Computable Numbers -- 5. The Proving Ground -- 6. Rats in a Cathedral -- 7. Symbiogenesis -- 8. On Distributed Communications -- 9. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior -- 10. There's Plenty of Room at the Top -- 11. Last and First Men -- 12. Fiddling While Rome Burns -- Notes -- Index.
Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's journey into the digital wilderness. Introducing a cast of familiar and not-so-familiar characters, historian of science George B. Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries-from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann-who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial life, and artificial mind. This profound and elegant book derives both its title and its outlook from Samuel Butler's 1863 essay, "Darwin Among the Machines." Observing the beginnings of miniaturization.
9780465031627
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ARTIFICIAL LIFE
NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER SCIENCE)
Q 335 .D97 1997
