Ways of being : animals, plants, machines : the search for a planetary intelligence
by Bridle, James (Author)
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Summary
What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans, or shared with other beings--beings of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon? The last few years have seen rapid advances in "artificial" intelligence. But as it approaches, it also gets weirder: rather than a friend or helpmate, AI in... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: More than human
- Thinking otherwise
- Wood wide webs
- The thicket of life
- Seeing like a planet
- Talking to strangers
- Non-binary machines
- Getting random
- Solidarity
- The Internet of animals
- Conclusion: Down on the metal farm.