{"product_id":"intelligence-unbound-isbn-9781118736418","title":"Intelligence Unbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntelligence Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompelling and intellectually sophisticated exploration of the latest thinking on Artificial Intelligence and machine minds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from an international cast of philosophers, Artificial Intelligence researchers, science fiction authors, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers current, diverse perspectives on machine intelligence and uploaded minds, emerging topics of tremendous interest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIlluminates the nature and ethics of tomorrow’s machine minds—and of the convergence of humans and machines—to consider the pros and cons of a variety of intriguing possibilities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders classic philosophical puzzles as well as the latest topics debated by scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide range of viewpoints and arguments regarding the prospects of uploading and machine intelligence, including proponents and skeptics, pros and cons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction I: Machines of Loving Grace (Let’s Hope) 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDamien Broderick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction II: Bring on the Machines 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRussell Blackford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 How Conscience Apps and Caring Computers will Illuminate and Strengthen Human Morality 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames J. Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Threshold Leaps in Advanced Artificial Intelligence 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Anissimov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Who Knows Anything about Anything about AI? 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuart Armstrong and Seán ÓhÉigeartaigh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Nine Ways to Bias Open-Source Artificial General Intelligence Toward Friendliness 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen Goertzel and Joel Pitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Feasible Mind Uploading 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandal A. Koene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Uploading: A Philosophical Analysis 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid J. Chalmers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Mind Uploading: A Philosophical Counter-Analysis 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMassimo Pigliucci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 If You Upload, Will You Survive? 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Corabi and Susan Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 On the Prudential Irrationality of Mind Uploading 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Agar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Uploading and Personal Identity 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Whole Brain Emulation: Invasive vs. Non-Invasive Methods 178\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Wellington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Future of Identity: Implications, Challenges, and Complications of Human\/Machine Consciousness 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathleen Ann Goonan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Practical Implications of Mind Uploading 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Strout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Values and Directions of Uploaded Minds 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Olson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 The Enhanced Carnality of Post-Biological Life 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax More\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Qualia Surfing 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Loosemore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Design of Life Expansion and the Human Mind 240\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatasha Vita-More\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Against Immortality: Why Death is Better than the Alternative 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIain Thomson and James Bodington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 The Pinocchio Syndrome and the Prosthetic Impulse 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictor Grech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Being Nice to Software Animals and Babies 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnders Sandberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 What Will It Be Like To Be an Emulation? 298\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Hanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 310\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda MacDonald Glenn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 321\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"As can be seen from my comments for story ideas, this book is also a ripe ground to get your imagination working and if you want to be involved in writing the next generation of SF stories, definitely deserves a read.\"  (\u003ci\u003eSFCrowsnest.org.uk\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell Blackford\u003c\/b\u003e is an Australian philosopher, literary critic, and author, based at the University of Newcastle, NSW. He is editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Evolution and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, and his books include \u003ci\u003eFreedom of Religion and the Secular State\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Australian science and fiction writer, editor and critical theorist. He has written or edited some 60 books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Spike \u003c\/i\u003e(revised, ed. 2002), the first full-length treatment of the technological Singularity, and \u003ci\u003eYear Million \u003c\/i\u003e(ed. 2008), about the deep future.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSomeday in the not-too-distant future, the greatest minds on Earth might be intelligent machines – conventional or quantum logic programs running on immensely powerful and ever smaller computers. But can human minds bound by biology possibly keep up? And will such artificial or enhanced minds turn against humanity, or will they join us in the search for deeper understanding and meaning? Might our own minds be uploaded into \"machines of loving grace\" – albeit ones working at the speed of light? These provocative questions are addressed in Intelligence Unbound, a collection of state-of-the-art essays that explore the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds. By deeply probing the nature and ethics of tomorrow's machine minds – and the possible convergence of humans and machines – the essays consider a variety of intriguing possibilities that could emerge from the inexorable advances of science and engineering. The essays are contributed by a wide range of innovative thinkers, including top scholars in the philosophy of consciousness, experts in AI development, and neuroscientists. All provide intriguing insights – with the occasional dash of skepticism – into the realms of machine intelligence and uploaded minds. Scholarly and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eIntelligence Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e offers a serious and sobering glimpse into the possible future of humankind and machine.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"These engrossing reflections on the plausibility of advanced AI and uploading inspire a wealth of profound questions about who or what we believe ourselves to be.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eWendell Wallach, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"If humanity survives for thirty years, the topic of this book may be the most important there is. The book is readable, fun and stuffed with expertise. 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