Creating Internet Intelligence by Ben Goertzel

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Creating Internet Intelligence is an interdisciplinary treatise exploring the hypothesis that global computer and communication networks will one day evolve into an autonomous intelligent system, and making specific recommendations as to what engineers and scientists can do today to encourage and shape this evolution.

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Creating Internet Intelligence by Ben Goertzel

Creating Internet Intelligence is an interdisciplinary treatise exploring the hypothesis that global computer and communication networks will one day evolve into an autonomous intelligent system, and making specific recommendations as to what engineers and scientists can do today to encourage and shape this evolution. A general theory of intelligent systems is described, based on the author's previous work; and in this context, the specific notion of Internet intelligence is fleshed out, in its commercial, social, psychological, computer-science, philosophical, and theological aspects. Software engineering work carried out by the author and his team over the last few years, aimed at seeding the emergence of Internet intelligence, is reviewed in some detail, including the Webmind AI Engine, a uniquely powerful Internet-based digital intelligence, and the Webworld platform for peer-to-peer distributed cognition and artificial life. The book should be of interest to computer scientists, philosophers, and social scientists, and more generally to anyone concerned about the nature of the mind, or the evolution of computer and Internet technology and its effect on human life.
Dr. Goertzel leads the AGI Society and the OpenCog Foundation; and serves as Chief Scientist of robotics firm Hanson Robotics, and Chairman of investment management firm Aidyia Holdings and AI consulting firm Novamente LLC. He is also Vice Chair of futurist group Humanity+, and co-founder of Ethiopian AI/robotics firm iCog Labs. Previously, Ben served as a university faculty in several departments of mathematics, computer science and cognitive science in US, Australia and New Zealand. Ben has published 15 books on AI and related topics, and more than 100 scientific papers. He earned his PhD in mathematics from Temple University in 1989. He has 3 grown children, and lives in Hong Kong with his wife Ruiting Lian and two very energetic poodles.
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ISBN 13 9780306467356
ISBN 10 0306467356
Title Creating Internet Intelligence
Author Ben Goertzel
Series Ifsr International Series In Systems Science And Systems Engineering
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Springer
Year published 2001-12-31
Number of pages 330
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