🔗 Connectionism

Explorations of how intelligence emerges from networks of simple units, tracing the intellectual lineage from neural nets to modern deep learning and the nature of mind itself.

How to Create a Mind

by Ray Kurzweil • 2012

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

3.96

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience

How to Create a Mind 91%

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

by Ray Kurzweil 2012

3.96

8k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience

The Deep Learning Revolution

by Terrence J. Sejnowski • 2018

The AI that works copies the brain. For decades it was a backwater. Then it won.

3.72

597

🤖 Deep Learning 📜 History Of Ai 🧠 Computational Neuroscience

The Deep Learning Revolution 91%

The AI that works copies the brain. For decades it was a backwater. Then it won.

by Terrence J. Sejnowski 2018

3.72

597 ratings

🤖 Deep Learning 📜 History Of Ai 🧠 Computational Neuroscience

Matter and Consciousness

by Paul M. Churchland • 1984

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

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1k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism

Matter and Consciousness 90%

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

by Paul M. Churchland 1984

3.89

1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism

Deep Learning

by John D. Kelleher • 2019

Deep learning isn't clever math. It's simple neurons, wired at scale, learning from their mistakes.

3.89

473

🔬 Deep Learning 🧠 Neural Networks 🤖 Machine Learning

Deep Learning 90%

Deep learning isn't clever math. It's simple neurons, wired at scale, learning from their mistakes.

by John D. Kelleher 2019

3.89

473 ratings

🔬 Deep Learning 🧠 Neural Networks 🤖 Machine Learning

Being There

by Andy Clark • 1996

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

4.14

217

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition

Being There 90%

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

by Andy Clark 1996

4.14

217 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition

Creativity Code

by Marcus du Sautoy • 2019

AI paints, composes, writes. But can a machine truly be creative? A mathematician investigates.

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🤖 Machine Creativity 🎨 Ai Generated Art 🖌️ Generative Art

Creativity Code 90%

AI paints, composes, writes. But can a machine truly be creative? A mathematician investigates.

by Marcus du Sautoy 2019

3.94

2k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Creativity 🎨 Ai Generated Art 🖌️ Generative Art

Artificial Intelligence

by Margaret A. Boden • 2018

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

3.29

388

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Artificial Intelligence 90%

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

by Margaret A. Boden 2018

3.29

388 ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins • 2004

The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.

4.11

7k+

🧠 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain Inspired Ai 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

On Intelligence 90%

The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.

by Jeff Hawkins 2004

4.11

7k+ ratings

🧠 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain Inspired Ai 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Everyday Chaos

by David Weinberger • 2019

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

3.78

202

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning

Everyday Chaos 90%

A medical AI diagnoses illness but can't explain how. The age of demanding explanations is over.

by David Weinberger 2019

3.78

202 ratings

🔬 Complexity Science 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Machine Learning

Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic And Genetic Algorithms

by S. Rajasekaran • 2004

Soft computing's three pillars each have blind spots. This is how they fill each other's gaps.

4.21

151

🖥️ Soft Computing 🧠 Neural Networks 🌫️ Fuzzy Logic

Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic And Genetic Algorithms Summary

Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic And Genetic Algorithms 89%

Soft computing's three pillars each have blind spots. This is how they fill each other's gaps.

by S. Rajasekaran 2004

4.21

151 ratings

🖥️ Soft Computing 🧠 Neural Networks 🌫️ Fuzzy Logic

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

by Erik J. Larson • 2021

Computers can't guess. That single limitation makes human-level AI a myth, not an inevitability.

3.96

935

🛑 Ai Skepticism ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence Summary

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence 89%

Computers can't guess. That single limitation makes human-level AI a myth, not an inevitability.

by Erik J. Larson 2021

3.96

935 ratings

🛑 Ai Skepticism ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 💻 Computational Limits

The Creativity Code

by Gore Alex • 2016

AI now paints, composes, and writes. What that reveals about human creativity is the real surprise.

3.50

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🎨 Machine Creativity 🧬 Generative Ai

The Creativity Code 89%

AI now paints, composes, and writes. What that reveals about human creativity is the real surprise.

by Gore Alex 2016

3.50

6 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🎨 Machine Creativity 🧬 Generative Ai

The Science of Free Will

by Samir Varma • 2025

You can't predict your next thought. No computer can either. That's not a gap: it's free will.

3.35

🧩 Compatibilism 💻 Computation Theory 🦋 Chaos Theory

The Science of Free Will 89%

You can't predict your next thought. No computer can either. That's not a gap: it's free will.

by Samir Varma 2025

3.35

17 ratings

🧩 Compatibilism 💻 Computation Theory 🦋 Chaos Theory

Smarter Than You Think

by Clive Thompson • 2013

You plus a computer is smarter than either alone. The evidence is bigger than chess.

3.94

2k+

🧠 Augmented Intelligence 🐝 Collective Intelligence 🧩 Extended Mind Thesis

Smarter Than You Think 89%

You plus a computer is smarter than either alone. The evidence is bigger than chess.

by Clive Thompson 2013

3.94

2k+ ratings

🧠 Augmented Intelligence 🐝 Collective Intelligence 🧩 Extended Mind Thesis

Too Big to Know

by David Weinberger • 2012

Knowledge on paper was settled and scarce. Online, it is abundant, linked, and never finished.

3.80

2k+

🕸️ Networked Knowledge 📚 Information Overload 🏛️ Authority And Expertise

Too Big to Know 89%

Knowledge on paper was settled and scarce. Online, it is abundant, linked, and never finished.

by David Weinberger 2012

3.80

2k+ ratings

🕸️ Networked Knowledge 📚 Information Overload 🏛️ Authority And Expertise

A Thousand Brains

by Jeff Hawkins • 2021

Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.

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7k+

🧠 Neural Architecture 🗺️ Spatial Cognition 🕸️ Distributed Cognition

A Thousand Brains 89%

Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.

by Jeff Hawkins 2021

4.05

7k+ ratings

🧠 Neural Architecture 🗺️ Spatial Cognition 🕸️ Distributed Cognition

The Master Algorithm

by Pedro Domingos • 2015

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

3.73

6k+

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence

The Master Algorithm 89%

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

by Pedro Domingos 2015

3.73

6k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence

Computing machinery and intelligence

by Alan M. Turing • 1950

Fool the interrogator through conversation alone, and the machine deserves to be called intelligent.

4.15

574

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤖 Machine Cognition 📜 Foundational Texts

Computing machinery and intelligence Summary

Computing machinery and intelligence 89%

Fool the interrogator through conversation alone, and the machine deserves to be called intelligent.

by Alan M. Turing 1950

4.15

574 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤖 Machine Cognition 📜 Foundational Texts

The Atomic Human

by Neil D. Lawrence • 2024

Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.

3.41

197

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 🫂 What Makes Us Human

The Atomic Human 89%

Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.

by Neil D. Lawrence 2024

3.41

197 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 🫂 What Makes Us Human

The Brain

by David Eagleman • 2015

Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.

4.25

23k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🎭 Constructed Reality

The Brain 89%

Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.

by David Eagleman 2015

4.25

23k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🎭 Constructed Reality

Surfing Uncertainty

by Andy Clark • 2015

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

4.09

381

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing

Surfing Uncertainty 89%

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

by Andy Clark 2015

4.09

381 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing

Gödel, Escher, Bach

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1979

Gödel, Escher, Bach: three ways of drawing a loop, and one key to consciousness.

4.29

53k+

🧠 Cognitive Science 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Consciousness Studies

Gödel, Escher, Bach 89%

Gödel, Escher, Bach: three ways of drawing a loop, and one key to consciousness.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1979

4.29

53k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Consciousness Studies

Livewired

by David Eagleman • 2014

Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.

4.16

5k+

🧠 Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 👁️ Sensory Perception

Livewired 89%

Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.

by David Eagleman 2014

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 👁️ Sensory Perception

Possible Minds

by John Brockman • 2019

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

3.77

837

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics

Possible Minds 89%

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

by John Brockman 2019

3.77

837 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics

You Are Not a Gadget

by Jaron Lanier • 2010

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

3.57

6k+

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism

You Are Not a Gadget 89%

The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.

by Jaron Lanier 2010

3.57

6k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Criticism 🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism 🤔 Technoskepticism

These Strange New Minds

by Christopher Summerfield • 2025

Teach a machine to predict the next word. Eventually it reasons. Now it's learning to act.

4.10

339

🤖 Large Language Models 🧠 Deep Learning 🔮 Philosophy Of Mind

These Strange New Minds 89%

Teach a machine to predict the next word. Eventually it reasons. Now it's learning to act.

by Christopher Summerfield 2025

4.10

339 ratings

🤖 Large Language Models 🧠 Deep Learning 🔮 Philosophy Of Mind

The Alignment Problem

by Brian Christian • 2020

AI learns our blind spots along with our data. Correcting that is the central problem in computing.

4.34

5k+

🎯 Ai Alignment 🤖 Machine Learning Ethics ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Alignment Problem 89%

AI learns our blind spots along with our data. Correcting that is the central problem in computing.

by Brian Christian 2020

4.34

5k+ ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment 🤖 Machine Learning Ethics ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Mind’s I

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1981

Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.

4.15

6k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Mind’s I 89%

Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981

4.15

6k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Algorithms Are Not Enough

by Herbert L. Roitblat • 2020

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

4.00

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚠️ Ai Skepticism

Algorithms Are Not Enough 89%

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

by Herbert L. Roitblat 2020

4.00

23 ratings

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚠️ Ai Skepticism

El Sentido De Lo Humano

by Humberto R. Maturana • 2008

Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.

4.26

108

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Systems Theory 🏗️ Social Construction

El Sentido De Lo Humano 89%

Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.

by Humberto R. Maturana 2008

4.26

108 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Systems Theory 🏗️ Social Construction

The Experience Machine

by Andy Clark • 2023

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

3.91

1k+

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition

The Experience Machine 89%

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

by Andy Clark 2023

3.91

1k+ ratings

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition

The Book of Minds

by Philip Ball • 2022

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

3.95

210

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence

The Book of Minds 89%

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

by Philip Ball 2022

3.95

210 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence

Phi

by Giulio Tononi • 2012

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

3.89

944

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self

Phi 89%

How to measure a soul: why a camera distinguishes more than a brain, yet cannot see.

by Giulio Tononi 2012

3.89

944 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧍 Neuroscience Of Self

The Future of the Brain

by Gary F. Marcus • 2014

The brain's future, mapped by neuroscientists building it: from gene to circuit to consciousness

3.70

210

🧠 Neuroscience Research 🗺️ Brain Mapping ⚡ Neural Circuits

The Future of the Brain 89%

The brain's future, mapped by neuroscientists building it: from gene to circuit to consciousness

by Gary F. Marcus 2014

3.70

210 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Research 🗺️ Brain Mapping ⚡ Neural Circuits

Minds, Brains and Science

by John Rogers Searle • 1984

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

3.76

626

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science

Minds, Brains and Science 89%

Consciousness is biological, not computational. That is why no program will ever think.

by John Rogers Searle 1984

3.76

626 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Cognitive Science

What to Think About Machines That Think

by John Brockman • 2015

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

3.37

571

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

What to Think About Machines That Think Summary

What to Think About Machines That Think 89%

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

by John Brockman 2015

3.37

571 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

by Michael Wooldridge • 2021

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

3.87

555

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence Summary

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence 89%

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

by Michael Wooldridge 2021

3.87

555 ratings

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Fabric of Reality

by David Deutsch • 1996

Quantum interference reveals other universes touching ours; the multiverse is not optional.

4.14

6k+

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 Many Worlds 💻 Quantum Computation

The Fabric of Reality 89%

Quantum interference reveals other universes touching ours; the multiverse is not optional.

by David Deutsch 1996

4.14

6k+ ratings

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 🌌 Many Worlds 💻 Quantum Computation

Artificial Intelligence

by Melanie Mitchell • 2019

Chess champion AI still can't reason like a toddler. The true barrier to general intelligence.

4.33

4k+

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🤖 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning

Artificial Intelligence 89%

Chess champion AI still can't reason like a toddler. The true barrier to general intelligence.

by Melanie Mitchell 2019

4.33

4k+ ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🤖 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning

Geek Sublime

by Vikram Chandra • 2013

Why great code feels elegant: the answer may lie in ancient Indian aesthetics, not algorithms.

3.28

1k+

💻 Code Aesthetics 🌐 Computing Culture 🪷 Indian Aesthetics

Geek Sublime 89%

Why great code feels elegant: the answer may lie in ancient Indian aesthetics, not algorithms.

by Vikram Chandra 2013

3.28

1k+ ratings

💻 Code Aesthetics 🌐 Computing Culture 🪷 Indian Aesthetics

The Age of Spiritual Machines

by Ray Kurzweil • 1998

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

3.89

5k+

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism

The Age of Spiritual Machines 89%

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

by Ray Kurzweil 1998

3.89

5k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism

Impromptu

by Reid Hoffman • 2023

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

3.77

782

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration

Impromptu 89%

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

by Reid Hoffman 2023

3.77

782 ratings

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration

Buddhist Biology

by David Philip Barash • 2013

Buddhism saw it first, biology confirms: the self is a process, not a thing.

3.80

108

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🔬 Science And Religion 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Buddhist Biology 89%

Buddhism saw it first, biology confirms: the self is a process, not a thing.

by David Philip Barash 2013

3.80

108 ratings

🧘 Secular Buddhism 🔬 Science And Religion 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

A God That Could be Real

by Nancy Ellen Abrams • 2015

What if God isn't a creator but a creation, emerging from collective human consciousness right now?

3.71

276

🧪 Science And Religion 🌊 Emergence Theory 🧠 Collective Consciousness

A God That Could be Real 89%

What if God isn't a creator but a creation, emerging from collective human consciousness right now?

by Nancy Ellen Abrams 2015

3.71

276 ratings

🧪 Science And Religion 🌊 Emergence Theory 🧠 Collective Consciousness

The Singularity Is Near

by Ray Kurzweil • 2005

Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.

3.93

13k+

🔮 Futurism 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 Artificial General Intelligence

The Singularity Is Near 89%

Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.

by Ray Kurzweil 2005

3.93

13k+ ratings

🔮 Futurism 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 Artificial General Intelligence

God, Human, Animal, Machine

by Meghan O'Gieblyn • 2021

We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.

4.23

4k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔧 Technology Criticism ⛪ Faith And Technology

God, Human, Animal, Machine 89%

We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.

by Meghan O'Gieblyn 2021

4.23

4k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔧 Technology Criticism ⛪ Faith And Technology

The Inevitable

by Kevin Kelly • 2016

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

3.89

12k+

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy

The Inevitable 89%

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

by Kevin Kelly 2016

3.89

12k+ ratings

🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy

The True Creator of Everything

by Miguel Nicolelis • 2020

The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.

3.87

163

🧠 Reality Construction 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The True Creator of Everything 89%

The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.

by Miguel Nicolelis 2020

3.87

163 ratings

🧠 Reality Construction 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔄 Brain Plasticity

Computer Power and Human Reason

by Joseph Weizenbaum • 1976

The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.

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294

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 🤖 Ai Criticism ⚖️ Computer Ethics

Computer Power and Human Reason 89%

The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.

by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976

4.31

294 ratings

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 🤖 Ai Criticism ⚖️ Computer Ethics

Wider Than the Sky

by Gerald M. Edelman • 2004

The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.

3.65

421

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience

Wider Than the Sky 89%

The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.

by Gerald M. Edelman 2004

3.65

421 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience

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