Artificial Intelligence: Philosophy

John Searle's seminal text on problems with the metaphor of the brain as "computing device" in which his famous "Chinese Room" argument is brought forth as criticism of the philosophical foundation for examining human cognition via computer simulation.

A proposition for a formal definition of AI.

In Proceedings 14th International Joint Conference on AI Montreal, August 1995: `A philosophical encounter: An interactive presentation of some of the key philosophical problems in AI and AI problems in philosophy.'

ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness."

"An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception"

This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press

Can bad men make good brains do bad things?

Where the Mind and the Universe become One. Comparative Unification (An Introduction to the Principles of Comparative Thinking)

A comprehensive and up-to-date collection of terms, definitions, and scholarly works on the topic of Philosophy of Mind that provides useful background material for the study of artificial intelligence theory.

An esssay dealing with how to apply ethics to the possible thinking machines of the future.