Ways of being : animals, plants, machines : the search for a planetary intelligence

Ways of being : animals, plants, machines : the search for a planetary intelligence / James Bridle.

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 helpm...

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Main Author: Bridle, James (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Intellect.
Philosophy of mind.
Cognitive science.
Information technology > Philosophy.
Human ecology.
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.

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