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From Complexity to Creativity

Explorations in Evolutionary, Autopoietic, and Cognitive Dynamics

By: Ben Goertzel

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From Complexity to Creativity

Explorations in Evolutionary, Autopoietic, and Cognitive Dynamics

By: Ben Goertzel

Cybernetic pioneer Warren McCullough asked: "What is a man, that he may know a number; and what is a number, that a man may know it?" Thinking along much the same lines, my question here is: "What is a creative mind, that it might emerge from a complex system; and what is a complex system, that it might give rise to a creative mind?" Complexity science is a fashionable topic these days. My perspective on complexity, however, is a somewhat unusual one: I am interested in complex systems science principally as it reflects on abstract mathematical, computational models of mind. In my three previous books, The Structure of Intelligence, Evolving Mind, and Chaotic Logic, I have outlined a comprehensive complex-systems-theoretic theory of mind that I now call the psynet model. This book is a continuation of the research program presented in my previous books (and those books will be frequently referred to here, by the nicknames EM and CL). One might summarize the trajectory of thought spanning these four books as follows. SI formulated a philosophy and mathem- ics of mind, based on theoretical computer science and the concept of "pattern. " EM analyzed the theory of evolution by natural selection in similar terms, and used this computational theory of evolution to establish the evolutionary nature of thought.

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1475770901

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The Path to Posthumanity

21st Century Technology and Its Radical Implications for Mind, Society and Reality

By: Ben Goertzel,Stephan Vladimir Bugaj

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The Path to Posthumanity

21st Century Technology and Its Radical Implications for Mind, Society and Reality

By: Ben Goertzel,Stephan Vladimir Bugaj

Describing the near future technologies and scientific changes that will affect human life in the next 25 years, this book covers key topics in artificial intelligence, as well as looking at computing and biotechnology.

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193090195X

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The Path to Posthumanity

21st Century Technology and Its Radical Implications for Mind, Society and Reality

By: Ben Goertzel,Stephan Vladimir Bugaj

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21st Century Technology and Its Radical Implications for Mind, Society and Reality

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Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1

A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin,Nil Geisweiller

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Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1

A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin,Nil Geisweiller

The work outlines a novel conceptual and theoretical framework for understanding Artificial General Intelligence and based on this framework outlines a practical roadmap for the development of AGI with capability at the human level and ultimately beyond.

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Chaotic Logic

Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science

By: Ben Goertzel

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Chaotic Logic

Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science

By: Ben Goertzel

This book summarizes a network of interrelated ideas which I have developed, off and on, over the past eight or ten years. The underlying theme is the psychological interplay of order and chaos. Or, to put it another way, the interplay of deduction and induction. I will try to explain the relationship between logical, orderly, conscious, rule-following reason and fluid, self organizing, habit-governed, unconscious, chaos-infused intuition. My previous two books, The Structure of Intelligence and The Evolving Mind, briefly touched on this relationship. But these books were primarily concerned with other matters: SI with constructing a formal language for discussing mentality and its mechanization, and EM with exploring the role of evolution in thought. They danced around the edges of the order/chaos problem, without ever fully entering into it. My goal in writing this book was to go directly to the core of mental process, "where angels fear to tread" -- to tackle all the sticky issues which it is considered prudent to avoid: the nature of consciousness, the relation between mind and reality, the justification of belief systems, the connection between creativity and mental illness,.... All of these issues are dealt with here in a straightforward and unified way, using a combination of concepts from my previous work with ideas from chaos theory and complex systems science.

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1475721978

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The Structure of Intelligence

A New Mathematical Model of Mind

By: Ben Goertzel

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The Structure of Intelligence

A New Mathematical Model of Mind

By: Ben Goertzel

0. 0 Psychology versus Complex Systems Science Over the last century, psychology has become much less of an art and much more of a science. Philosophical speculation is out; data collection is in. In many ways this has been a very positive trend. Cognitive science (Mandler, 1985) has given us scientific analyses of a variety of intelligent behaviors: short-term memory, language processing, vision processing, etc. And thanks to molecular psychology (Franklin, 1985), we now have a rudimentary understanding of the chemical processes underlying personality and mental illness. However, there is a growing feeling-particularly among non-psychologists (see e. g. Sommerhoff, 1990) - that, with the new emphasis on data collection, something important has been lost. Very little attention is paid to the question of how it all fits together. The early psychologists, and the classical philosophers of mind, were concerned with the general nature of mentality as much as with the mechanisms underlying specific phenomena. But the new, scientific psychology has made disappointingly little progress toward the resolution of these more general questions. One way to deal with this complaint is to dismiss the questions themselves. After all, one might argue, a scientific psychology cannot be expected to deal with fuzzy philosophical questions that probably have little empirical signifi cance. It is interesting that behaviorists and cognitive scientists tend to be in agreement regarding the question of the overall structure of the mind.

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146124336X

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Artificial General Intelligence

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin

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Artificial General Intelligence

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin

“Only a small community has concentratedon general intelligence. No one has tried to make a thinking machine . . . The bottom line is that we really haven’t progressed too far toward a truly intelligent machine. We have collections of dumb specialists in small domains; the true majesty of general intelligence still awaits our attack. . . . We have got to get back to the deepest questions of AI and general intelligence. . . ” –MarvinMinsky as interviewed in Hal’s Legacy, edited by David Stork, 2000. Our goal in creating this edited volume has been to ?ll an apparent gap in the scienti?c literature, by providing a coherent presentation of a body of contemporary research that, in spite of its integral importance, has hitherto kept a very low pro?le within the scienti?c and intellectual community. This body of work has not been given a name before; in this book we christen it “Arti?cial General Intelligence” (AGI). What distinguishes AGI work from run-of-the-mill “arti?cial intelligence” research is that it is explicitly focused on engineering general intelligence in the short term. We have been active researchers in the AGI ?eld for many years, and it has been a pleasure to gather together papers from our colleagues working on related ideas from their own perspectives. In the Introduction we give a conceptual overview of the AGI ?eld, and also summarize and interrelate the key ideas of the papers in the subsequent chapters.

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The Hidden Pattern

A Patternist Philosophy of Mind

By: Ben Goertzel

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The Hidden Pattern

A Patternist Philosophy of Mind

By: Ben Goertzel

The Hidden Pattern presents a novel philosophy of mind, intended to form a coherent conceptual framework within which it is possible to understand the diverse aspects of mind and intelligence in a unified way. The central concept of the philosophy presented is the concept of "pattern" minds and the world they live in and co-create are viewed as patterned systems of patterns, evolving over time, and various aspects of subjective experience and individual and social intelligence are analyzed in detail in this light. Many of the ideas presented are motivated by recent research in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, and the author's own AI research is discussed in moderate detail in one chapter. However, the scope of the book is broader than this, incorporating insights from sources as diverse as Vedantic philosophy, psychedelic psychotherapy, Nietzschean and Peircean metaphysics and quantum theory. One of the unique aspects of the patternist approach is the way it seamlessly fuses the mechanistic, engineering-oriented approach to intelligence and the introspective, experiential approach to intelligence.

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The Hidden Pattern

A Patternist Philosophy of Mind

By: Ben Goertzel

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A Patternist Philosophy of Mind

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Real-World Reasoning: Toward Scalable, Uncertain Spatiotemporal, Contextual and Causal Inference

By: Ben Goertzel,Nil Geisweiller,Lucio Coelho,Predrag Janičić,Cassio Pennachin

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Real-World Reasoning: Toward Scalable, Uncertain Spatiotemporal, Contextual and Causal Inference

By: Ben Goertzel,Nil Geisweiller,Lucio Coelho,Predrag Janičić,Cassio Pennachin

The general problem addressed in this book is a large and important one: how to usefully deal with huge storehouses of complex information about real-world situations. Every one of the major modes of interacting with such storehouses – querying, data mining, data analysis – is addressed by current technologies only in very limited and unsatisfactory ways. The impact of a solution to this problem would be huge and pervasive, as the domains of human pursuit to which such storehouses are acutely relevant is numerous and rapidly growing. Finally, we give a more detailed treatment of one potential solution with this class, based on our prior work with the Probabilistic Logic Networks (PLN) formalism. We show how PLN can be used to carry out realworld reasoning, by means of a number of practical examples of reasoning regarding human activities inreal-world situations.

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Probabilistic Logic Networks

A Comprehensive Framework for Uncertain Inference

By: Ben Goertzel,Matthew Iklé,Izabela Freire Goertzel,Ari Heljakka

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Probabilistic Logic Networks

A Comprehensive Framework for Uncertain Inference

By: Ben Goertzel,Matthew Iklé,Izabela Freire Goertzel,Ari Heljakka

Abstract In this chapter we provide an overview of probabilistic logic networks (PLN), including our motivations for developing PLN and the guiding principles underlying PLN. We discuss foundational choices we made, introduce PLN knowledge representation, and briefly introduce inference rules and truth-values. We also place PLN in context with other approaches to uncertain inference. 1.1 Motivations This book presents Probabilistic Logic Networks (PLN), a systematic and pragmatic framework for computationally carrying out uncertain reasoning – r- soning about uncertain data, and/or reasoning involving uncertain conclusions. We begin with a few comments about why we believe this is such an interesting and important domain of investigation. First of all, we hold to a philosophical perspective in which “reasoning” – properly understood – plays a central role in cognitive activity. We realize that other perspectives exist; in particular, logical reasoning is sometimes construed as a special kind of cognition that humans carry out only occasionally, as a deviation from their usual (intuitive, emotional, pragmatic, sensorimotor, etc.) modes of thought. However, we consider this alternative view to be valid only according to a very limited definition of “logic.” Construed properly, we suggest, logical reasoning may be understood as the basic framework underlying all forms of cognition, including those conventionally thought of as illogical and irrational.

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Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

By: Ari Ben-Menahem

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Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

By: Ari Ben-Menahem

This 5,800-page encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering more than 2,000 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy.

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What To Do When Machines Do Everything

How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data

By: Malcolm Frank,Paul Roehrig,Ben Pring

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What To Do When Machines Do Everything

How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data

By: Malcolm Frank,Paul Roehrig,Ben Pring

“Refreshingly thought-provoking...” – The Financial Times The essential playbook for the future of your business What To Do When Machines Do Everything is a guidebook to succeeding in the next generation of the digital economy. When systems running on Artificial Intelligence can drive our cars, diagnose medical patients, and manage our finances more effectively than humans it raises profound questions on the future of work and how companies compete. Illustrated with real-world cases, data, and insight, the authors provide clear strategic guidance and actionable steps to help you and your organization move ahead in a world where exponentially developing new technologies are changing how value is created. Written by a team of business and technology expert practitioners—who also authored Code Halos: How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business—this book provides a clear path to the future of your work. The first part of the book examines the once in a generation upheaval most every organization will soon face as systems of intelligence go mainstream. The authors argue that contrary to the doom and gloom that surrounds much of IT and business at the moment, we are in fact on the cusp of the biggest wave of opportunity creation since the Industrial Revolution. Next, the authors detail a clear-cut business model to help leaders take part in this coming boom; the AHEAD model outlines five strategic initiatives—Automate, Halos, Enhance, Abundance, and Discovery—that are central to competing in the next phase of global business by driving new levels of efficiency, customer intimacy and innovation. Business leaders today have two options: be swallowed up by the ongoing technological evolution, or ride the crest of the wave to new profits and better business. This book shows you how to avoid your own extinction event, and will help you; Understand the untold full extent of technology's impact on the way we work and live. Find out where we're headed, and how soon the future will arrive Leverage the new emerging paradigm into a sustainable business advantage Adopt a strategic model for winning in the new economy The digital world is already transforming how we work, live, and shop, how we are governed and entertained, and how we manage our money, health, security, and relationships. Don't let your business—or your career—get left behind. What To Do When Machines Do Everything is your strategic roadmap to a future full of possibility and success. Or peril.

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From Complexity to Creativity

Explorations in Evolutionary, Autopoietic, and Cognitive Dynamics

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Explorations in Evolutionary, Autopoietic, and Cognitive Dynamics

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Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2

The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin,Nil Geisweiller

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The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin,Nil Geisweiller

The work outlines a detailed blueprint for the creation of an Artificial General Intelligence system with capability at the human level and ultimately beyond, according to the Cog Prime AGI design and the Open Cog software architecture.

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Creating Internet Intelligence

Wild Computing, Distributed Digital Consciousness, and the Emerging Global Brain

By: Ben Goertzel

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Creating Internet Intelligence

Wild Computing, Distributed Digital Consciousness, and the Emerging Global Brain

By: Ben Goertzel

Creating Internet Intelligence is an interdisciplinary treatise exploring the hypothesis that global computer and communication networks will one day evolve into an autonomous intelligent system, and making specific recommendations as to what engineers and scientists can do today to encourage and shape this evolution. A general theory of intelligent systems is described, based on the author's previous work; and in this context, the specific notion of Internet intelligence is fleshed out, in its commercial, social, psychological, computer-science, philosophical, and theological aspects. Software engineering work carried out by the author and his team over the last few years, aimed at seeding the emergence of Internet intelligence, is reviewed in some detail, including the Webmind AI Engine, a uniquely powerful Internet-based digital intelligence, and the Webworld platform for peer-to-peer distributed cognition and artificial life. The book should be of interest to computer scientists, philosophers, and social scientists, and more generally to anyone concerned about the nature of the mind, or the evolution of computer and Internet technology and its effect on human life.

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1461505615

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Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1

A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy

By: Ben Goertzel,Cassio Pennachin,Nil Geisweiller

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A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy

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Between Ape and Artilect

Conversations with Pioneers of Artificial General Intelligence and Other Transformative Technologies

By: Ben Goertzel

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Between Ape and Artilect

Conversations with Pioneers of Artificial General Intelligence and Other Transformative Technologies

By: Ben Goertzel

Between Ape and Artilect is edited by noted AI researcher Ben Goertzel, and produced by futurist organization Humanity+.During 2010-12, Dr. Goertzel conducted a series of textual interviews with researchers in various areas of cutting-edge science -- artificial general intelligence, nanotechnology, life extension, neurotechnology, collective intelligence, mind uploading, body modification, neuro-spiritual transformation, and more. These interviews were published online in H+ Magazine, and are here gathered together in a single volume. The resulting series of dialogues treats a variety of social, futurological and scientific topics in a way that is accessible to the educated non-scientist, yet also deep and honest to the subtleties of the topics being discussed. Between Ape and Artilect is a must-read if you want the real views, opinions, ideas, muses and arguments of the people creating our future. Table of Contents Itamar Arel: AGI via Deep Learning Pei Wang: What Do You Mean by “AI”? Joscha Bach: Understanding the Mind Hugo DeGaris: Will There be Cyborgs? DeGaris Interviews Goertzel: Seeking the Sputnik of AGI Linas Vepstas: AGI, Open Source and Our Economic Future Joel Pitt: The Benefits of Open Source for AGI Randal Koene: Substrate-Independent Minds João Pedro de Magalhães: Ending Aging Aubrey De Grey: Aging and AGI David Brin: Sousveillance J. Storrs Hall: Intelligent Nano Factories and Fogs Mohamad Tarifi: AGI and the Emerging Peer-to-Peer Economy Michael Anissimov: The Risks of Artificial Superintelligence Muehlhauser & Goertzel: Rationality, Risk, and the Future of AGI Paul Werbos: Will Humanity Survive? Wendell Wallach: Machine Morality Francis Heylighen: The Emerging Global Brain Steve Omohundro: The Wisdom of the Global Brain and the Future of AGI Alexandra Elbakyan: Beyond the Borg Giulio Prisco: Technological Transcendence Zhou Changle: Zen and the Art of Intelligent Robotics Hugo DeGaris: Is God an Alien Mathematician? Lincoln Cannon: The Most Transhumanist Religion? Natasha Vita-More: Upgrading Humanity Jeffery Martin & Mikey Siegel: Engineering Enlightenment

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1496138171

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A Cosmist Manifesto

Practical Philosophy for the Posthuman Age

By: Ben Goertzel

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A Cosmist Manifesto

Practical Philosophy for the Posthuman Age

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The term Cosmism was introduced by Tsiolokovsky and other Russian Cosmists around 1900. Goertzel's "Cosmist Manifesto" gives it new life and a new twist for the 21st century. Cosmism, as Goertzel presents it, is a practical philosophy for the posthuman era. Rooted in Western and Eastern philosophy as well as modern technology and science, it is a way of understanding ourselves and our universe that makes sense now, and will keep on making sense as advanced technology exerts its transformative impact as the future unfolds. Among the many topics considered are AI, nanotechnology, uploading, immortality, psychedelics, meditation, future social structures, psi phenomena, alien and cetacean intelligence and the Singularity. The Cosmist perspective is shown to make plain old common sense of even the wildest future possibilities.

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0984609709

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Probabilistic Logic Networks

A Comprehensive Framework for Uncertain Inference

By: Ben Goertzel,Matthew Iklé,Izabela Freire Goertzel,Ari Heljakka

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A Comprehensive Framework for Uncertain Inference

By: Ben Goertzel,Matthew Iklé,Izabela Freire Goertzel,Ari Heljakka

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Chaotic Logic

Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science

By: Ben Goertzel

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Chaotic Logic

Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science

By: Ben Goertzel

This is the first work to apply complex systems science to the psychological interplay of order and chaos. The author draws on thought from a wide range of disciplines-both conventional and unorthodox-to address such questions as the nature of consciousness, the relation between mind and reality, and the justification of belief systems. The material should provoke thought among systems scientists, theoretical psychologists, artificial intelligence researchers, and philosophers.

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