Exploring Robotic Minds by Jun Tani )

Exploring Robotic Minds by Jun Tani )

In Exploring Robotic Minds: Actions, Symbols, and Consciousness as Self-Organizing Dynamic Phenomena, Jun Tani sets out to answer an essential and tantalizing question: How do our minds work? By providing an overview of his "synthetic neurorobotics" project, Tani reveals how symbols and concepts that represent the world can emerge in a neurodynamic structure--iterative interactions between the top-down subjective view, which proactively acts on the world, and the bottom-up recognition of the resultant perceptual reality. He argues that nontrivial problems of consciousness and free will could be addressed through structural understanding of such iterative, conflicting interactions between the top-down and the bottom-up pathways. A wide range of readers will enjoy this wonderful journey of the mind and will follow the author on interdisciplinary discussions that span neuroscience, dynamical systems theories, robotics, and phenomenology. The book also includes many figures, as well as a link to videos of Tani's exciting robotic experiments.

Jun Tani. . has taken neurorobotics (and perhaps neurophilosophy) to the next level; through the creation (or perhaps tutelage) of robots that show true intentionality and can engage with us (through mimicry), much like a small child. This book is a beautifully articulated review of his work and offers some compelling conclusions about the nature of mind. It is both didactic and groundbreaking; covering the fundaments of representation and embodied cognition through to the emergence of mirror neurons and free will in synthetic brains. In brief, Tani creates a 'perfect storm' by combining three key ingredients; namely, embodiment or enactivism, dynamical systems theory and active recognition or inference.... In short, this is a carefully crafted survey of deep ideas that are substantiated by ingenious experiments in robotics and machine learning. * Karl J. Friston MB, BS, MA, MRCPsych, FBS, FMedSci, FRS, Scientific Director: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, UCL *
Jun Tani is a computational neuroscientist author of very influential action processing models. In the present book he addresses a fascinating problem: the subjective experience in robots. Specialists and non- specialists alike will enjoy reading this beautiful book. * Giacomo Rizzolatti, MD, Professor of Human Physiology, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Parma *
This important work is a report from the frontline of 'synthetic neurorobotics'. Tani aims to bridge the gap between simple sensorimotor response and the kinds of structured understanding and skill distinctive of higher forms of intelligence. The book combines ground-breaking experimentation with foundational reflection, all the while keeping sight of the phenomenology of subjective experience itself. An instant classic that deserves the very widest audience. * Andy Clark, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, and author of Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind *

Jun Tani is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

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ISBN 13	9780190281069
ISBN 10	0190281065
Title	Exploring Robotic Minds
Author	Jun Tani )
Series	Oxford Series On Cognitive Models And Architectures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2016-12-08
Number of pages	328
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