TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dyson, George
TI  - Darwin among the machines: the evolution of global intelligence 
SN  - 9780465031627
AV  - Q 335 .D97 1997 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - California
PB  - Basic Books, 
KW  - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
KW  - ARTIFICIAL LIFE
KW  - NEURAL NETWORKS  (COMPUTER SCIENCE)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -