From Complexity to Creativity by Ben Goertzel
Cybernetic pioneer Warren McCullough asked: What is a man, that he may know a number; and what is a number, that a man may know it? Thinking along much the same lines, my question here is: What is a creative mind, that it might emerge from a complex system; and what is a complex system, that it might give rise to a creative mind? Complexity science is a fashionable topic these days. My perspective on complexity, however, is a somewhat unusual one: I am interested in complex systems science principally as it reflects on abstract mathematical, computational models of mind. In my three previous books, The Structure of Intelligence, Evolving Mind, and Chaotic Logic, I have outlined a comprehensive complex-systems-theoretic theory of mind that I now call the psynet model. This book is a continuation of the research program presented in my previous books (and those books will be frequently referred to here, by the nicknames EM and CL). One might summarize the trajectory of thought spanning these four books as follows. SI formulated a philosophy and mathem- ics of mind, based on theoretical computer science and the concept of pattern. EM analyzed the theory of evolution by natural selection in similar terms, and used this computational theory of evolution to establish the evolutionary nature of thought.-
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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 | 9780306455186 |
| ISBN 10 | 0306455188 |
| Title | From Complexity to Creativity |
| Author | Ben Goertzel |
| Series | Ifsr International Series In Systems Science And Systems Engineering |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Year published | 1997-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 376 |
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