The Allure of Machinic Life - Table of Contents

September 2008
6 x 9, 494 pp., 51 illus.
$40.00/£29.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-10126-2
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-10126-4

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The Allure of Machinic Life
Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI
John Johnston

	Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (56 KB)	ix

	Introduction Sample Chapter - Download PDF (147 KB)	1

I	FROM CYBERNETICS TO MACHINIC PHILOSOPHY	23

1	Cybernetics and the New Complexity of Machines	25

2	The In-Mixing of Machines Cybernetics and Psychoanalysis	65

3	Machinic Philosophy Assemblages, Information, Chaotic Flow	105

II	MACHINIC LIFE	163

4	Vital Cells Cellular Automata, Artificial Life, Autopoiesis	165

5	Digital Evolution and the Emergence of Complexity	215

III	MACHINIC INTELLIGENCE	275

6	The Decoded Couple Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science	277

7	The New AI Behavior-Based Robotics, Autonomous Agents, and Artificial Evolution	337

8	Learning from Neuroscience New Prospects for Building Intelligent Machines	385

	Notes	415

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (87 KB)	453

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