In the beginning there was 0. And then there was 1. A mind-bending meditation on the transcendent power of digital computation. By Kevin Kelly - Read more

by Harvey Blume Can robotics shed light on the human mind? On evolution? Daniel Dennett -- whose work unites neuroscience, computer science, and evolutionary biology -- has some provocative answers. Is he on to something, or just chasing the zeitgeist? - Read more

This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press - Read more

Can bad men make good brains do bad things? - Read more

ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness." - Read more

A proposition for a formal definition of AI. - Read more

Discussion of the epistemological status of simulation in a cross-disciplinary setting could contribute to a deeper understanding of relevant issues and so it proved. - Read more

"A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness" - Read more

In Proceedings 14th International Joint Conference on AI Montreal, August 1995: `A philosophical encounter: An interactive presentation of some of the key philosophical problems in AI and AI problems in philosophy.' - Read more

Philosophy and history of AI, personalities, links and suggested reading. - Read more

The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is an international organization that tries to tackle age-old philosophical questions with the help of the most recent cybernetic theories and technologies. Stated more precisely, the Project's aim is the computer-supported collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy. - Read more

By Richard Barry: Humankind will have to decide how to live with a new sentient race. Sometime in the future machines will reach a level of intelligence that will challenge, or even surpass our own. - Read more

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A collection of terms, definitions, and scholarly works on the topic of Philosophy of Mind that provides useful background material for the study of artificial intelligence theory. - Read more

Material on Artificial Intelligence as engineering with emphasis on the exploitation of logic. A topography is presented with logic at the center. - Read more

Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography. A massive listing. - Read more

Essay by Selmer Bringsjord argues that AI will continue to produce machines with the capacity to pass stronger versions of the Turing Test but that the "Person Building Project" will inevitably fail. Abstract and chapter summations. - Read more

Philosophy of mind for artificial intelligence. This paper was originally commissioned by and published in NOVEMBER Magazine. Links will lead to the free full text of the book, Ai4u: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual By Arthur T Murray - Read more

Some reflections on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of the Turing Test. - Read more

"An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception" - Read more