Bots and Beasts
What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?
$55.36
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2024
Summary
An expert on the mind considers how animals and smart machines, like AI assistants and driverless cars, measure up to human intelligence.
Octopuses can open jars to get food, and chimpanzees can plan for the future. An IBM computer named Watson won on Jeopardy! and Alexa knows our favorite songs. But do animals and smart machines really have intelligence comparable to that of humans?
In Bots and Beasts, Paul Thagard looks at how computers (“bots”) and animals measure …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262548540 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262548542 |
| Author: | Paul Thagard |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 7 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“There is a lot to like in Thagard’s book….an enjoyable read…continually thought provoking….Intelligence is likely a multi-faceted and multi-dimensional concept, and Thagard does illuminate many of its features for humans, animals, and machines.” —Essays in Philosophy “…written for an educated general audience…Thagard does an admirable job of providing clear yet succinct explanations….the book should be of particular interest to instructors teaching classes in philosophy of mind or philosophy of technology.” —Teaching Philosophy
About The Author
Paul Thagard
Paul Thagard, a philosopher and cognitive scientist, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Brain-Mind, Natural Philosophy, The Cognitive Science of Science, Hot Thought, Mind- Introduction to Cognitive Science (the last three published by the MIT Press), and many other books. He writes a popular blog for Psychology Today.
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