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Author Malabou, Catherine, author.

Title Morphing intelligence : from IQ measurement to artificial brains / Catherine Malabou ; translated by Carolyn Shread.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Wellek Library lectures in critical theory
Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Translator's Foreword: Why I Translate So Intelligently: Translation Mètis in the Era of Google Translate -- Intelligence and genetic fate -- The "Blue brain" -- Like a pollock painting -- Conclusion -- Postscript to the English Translation. Artificial Intelligence: The Fourth Blow to Our Narcissism
Summary What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes the intertwined, networked relationships among the biological, the technological, and the symbolic.Malabou traces the modern metamorphoses of intelligence, seeking to understand how neurobiological and neurotechnological advances have transformed our view. She considers three crucial developments: the notion of intelligence as an empirical, genetically based quality measurable by standardized tests; the shift to the epigenetic paradigm, with its emphasis on neural plasticity; and the dawn of artificial intelligence, with its potential to simulate, replicate, and ultimately surpass the workings of the brain. Malabou concludes that a dialogue between human and cybernetic intelligence offers the best if not the only means to build a democratic future. A strikingly original exploration of our changing notions of intelligence and the human and their far-reaching philosophical and political implications, Morphing Intelligence is an essential analysis of the porous border between symbolic and biological life at a time when once-clear distinctions between mind and machine have become uncertain
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Subject Human Brain Project.
Human Brain Project.
Intellect.
Intellect.
Artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence.
Neuroinformatics.
Neuroinformatics.
Neurosciences.
Neurosciences.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Title Métamorphoses de l'intelligence. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2018043757
Other Form: Print version: Malabou, Catherine. Métamorphoses de l'intelligence. English. Morphing intelligence. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231187367 (DLC) 2018034546 (OCoLC)1047524339
ISBN 9780231547239 (electronic book)
0231547234 (electronic book)
9780231187367 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
023118736X (hardcover ; alkaline paper)