Artificial Life Possibilities
A Star Trek Perspective
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Star Trek series has inspired not only armchair fans, but also the researchers who are trying to better the human race, developing the devices of the future, and struggling to conquer space travel. The Star Trek series was also the inspiration for this...
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The Star Trek series has inspired not only armchair fans, but also the researchers who are trying to better the human race, developing the devices of the future, and struggling to conquer space travel. The Star Trek series was also the inspiration for this book, which examines the artificial intelligences portrayed in the shows.The question we'll be asking throughout this book is, "How do we get from where we are now to the point where we are able to create truly exceptional artificial beings such as Holodeck characters, Lieutenant Commander Data, and the Emergency Medical Hologram?" In order to answer this, we'll examine where we are right now and extrapolate where we are heading. Throughout the book a passion for Star Trek is integrated with academic research from the AI, A-Life, and Robotics domains, which are presented in an easy to understand way-- bypassing the technobabble and mind-blowing mathematics.
The book examines the characteristics and capabilities of Star Trek's artificial life forms and compares them with current technologies in an attempt to predict if we'll ever create such advanced beings. It is written to provide both the serious Trekker and the occasional voyeur with a handbook of the current techniques and devices available in the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, and artificial life. It examines the development of artificial life forms such as Data and the EMH from the bottom up, including their physical creation programming, and metaphysical aspects such as personality and emotions to determine if such beings might some day be a reality.
If you have ever wanted to know what a positronic brain is or how to write a personality subroutine then this is the book for you!
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Preface Introduction PART I BODY Chapter 1 Positrons, Neurons, and the Android Brain Chapter 2 Physical Beings Chapter 3 Holographic Beings Chapter 4 Sensing the Environment PART II MIND Chapter 5 Presence of Mind Chapter 6 Representing and Storing Knowledge Chapter 7 Thinking and Reasoning Chapter 8 Beyond Their Original Programming PART III SOUL Chapter 9 Imagination and Creativity Chapter 10 Humor Chapter 11 Emotions Chapter 12 How to Make Friends and Influence Humans EPILOGUE Chapter 13 Intelligence and Fooling the Turing Testers Chapter 14 Future's End (VOY#150,151)
Autoren-Porträt von Penny Baillie-DeByl
Dr. Penny Baillie-de Byl (Australia) has been researching in the area of artificial intelligence since 1995. She has had a number of international conference papers, journal papers, several book chapters and a book published in this area. During her twelve-year career as a university lecturer she has consulted as a computer programmer, systems simulator, and Web site application engineer. Dr. Baillie-de Byl currently works at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia where she teaches computer programming, computer graphics, and computer games development.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Penny Baillie-DeByl
- 2006, 178 Seiten, Maße: 15,7 x 22,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Charles River Media
- ISBN-10: 1584504145
- ISBN-13: 9781584504146
Sprache:
Englisch
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