The Center for Cognitive Sciences names the one hundred most influential works in cognitive science from the 20th century.
Just so you know.
Some of the best cognitive science articles of the last 100 years
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 to the comment subset
There is no artificial intelligence, only intelligence
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 29 June, 2009 to the technology subset
In the not too distant future artificial intelligence (AI) will enhance biological intelligence (in short, our brains) rather than, as per various science fiction scenarios, attempting to subdue or destroy humanity.
In a few decades, the average human brain will host billions of blood-cell-sized computers that will effectively multiply our biological intelligence a billion fold. This [...]
Computers compute but humans comprehend
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 15 May, 2009 to the comment subset
It may be sometime before humans are rendered “redundant” by computing systems, even apparently high-powered systems.
A program, says Schmidt, may find things “that look really strange and foreign” to a scientist. More fundamentally, the Cornell program can analyze data, build models, and even guess which theories are more powerful, but it can’t explain what its [...]
Eternal life, rebooted, in a paradise too good to be true?
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 4 November, 2008 to the technology subset
Some distant chimes of 2001: A Space Odyssey here… in 25 years time we could find ourselves immortal, if you consider life as an artificial intelligence “shadow” eternal life, that is.
We’ll all be “uploaded” – our entire personalities will be copied into the vast memory banks of these AIs – and we’ll live forever. More [...]
The rise and rise of robots
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 24 June, 2008 to the technology subset
The autonomous, almost humanoid, robot of many a science fiction yarn, is almost reality. But unlike some of those sci-fi stories where malfunctioning, or otherwise, malevolent robots plot world domination, we’re still in control.
Right?
Today, thanks to the relentless increase in the power of computing, the latest robots are being fitted with sophisticated systems that [...]
Monday 17 December 2007
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 17 December, 2007 to the comment subset
Leopard is nothing for Apple to purr about: the new Apple operating system isn’t pleasing everyone it seems, if users are already Googling “downgrading to Tiger”…
Why was I looking up “downgrading to Tiger”? Because I’m considering it. And it’s clear from the search that plenty of other people, having upgraded to Apple’s latest version [...]
