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Psych : the story of the human mind / by Bloom, Paul,1963-author.(CARDINAL)378566;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-432) and index.
Subjects: Cognitive science.; Intellect.; Neurosciences.; Psychology.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 15
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Superintelligence : paths, dangers, strategies / by Bostrom, Nick,1973-author.(CARDINAL)665546;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index.The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on the gorillas themselves, so the fate of our species then would come to depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence. But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed AI or otherwise to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? To get closer to an answer to this question, we must make our way through a fascinating landscape of topics and considerations. Read the book and learn about oracles, genies, singletons; about boxing methods, tripwires, and mind crime; about humanity's cosmic endowment and differential technological development; indirect normativity, instrumental convergence, whole brain emulation and technology couplings; Malthusian economics and dystopian evolution; artificial intelligence, and biological cognitive enhancement, and collective intelligence.
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Cognitive science.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 5
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Touching a nerve : the self as brain / by Churchland, Patricia Smith.(CARDINAL)752765;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.Me, myself, and my brain -- Soul searching -- My heavens -- The brains behind morality -- Aggression and sex -- Such a lovely war -- Free will, habits, and self-control -- Hidden cognition -- The conscious life extended -- Balancing act.
Subjects: Neuropsychology; Cognitive science; Brain.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Teaching minds : how cognitive science can save our schools / by Schank, Roger C.,1946-2023.(CARDINAL)513299;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222).
Subjects: Cognitive learning.; Learning, Psychology of.; Cognitive science.; Education.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gentle bridges : conversations with the Dalai Lama on the sciences of mind / by Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Dalai Lama XIV,1935-(CARDINAL)153713; Hayward, Jeremy W.(CARDINAL)843096; Varela, Francisco J.,1946-2001.(CARDINAL)842092;
Subjects: Buddhism and science.; Buddhism; Buddhism; Cognitive science.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Scarcity brain : fix your craving mindset and rewire your habits to thrive with enough / by Easter, Michael(Health and fitness writer),author.(CARDINAL)826591;
Introduction: Our scarcity brain -- The scarcity loop -- How the scarcity loop hooks us -- Where the scarcity loop lives -- Why we crave more -- Escape -- Certainty -- Influence -- Food -- Stuff -- Information -- Happiness -- Epilogue: What we do now."Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis and one of the world's leading experts on behavior change, shows that the problem isn't you. The problem is your scarcity mindset, left over from our ancient ancestors. They had to constantly seek and consume to survive because vital survival tools like food, material goods, information, and power were scarce and hard to find. But with our modern ability to easily fulfill our ancient desire for more, our hardwired "scarcity brain" is now backfiring. And new technology and institutions--from dating and entertainment apps to our food and economic systems--are exploiting our scarcity brain. They're bombarding us with subversive "scarcity cues," subtle triggers that lead us into low-reward cravings that hurt us in the long run. Scarcity cues can be direct and all-encompassing, like a sagging economy. Or they can be subtle and slight, like our neighbor buying a shiny new car."--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Desire.; Happiness.; Cognitive science.; Self-help techniques.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 9
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Reforming education for work : a cognitive science perspective / by Raizen, Senta A.(CARDINAL)161122;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-76).
Subjects: Vocational education.; Cognition.; Occupational training; Economic development;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The birth of the mind : how a tiny number of genes creates the complexities of human thought / by Marcus, Gary F.(Gary Fred)(CARDINAL)529089;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-257) and indexes.Neither is better -- Born to learn -- Brain storms -- Aristotle's impetus -- Copernicus's revenge -- Wiring the mind -- The evolution of mental genes -- Paradox lost -- Final frontiers -- Appendix: methods for reading the genome.
Subjects: Genetic psychology.; Psychobiology.; Nature and nurture.; Cognitive science.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Superminds : the surprising power of people and computers thinking together / by Malone, Thomas W.,author.(CARDINAL)781083;
Includes bibliographical references and index."If you're like most people, you probably believe that humans are the most intelligent animals on our planet. But there's another kind of entity that can be far smarter: groups of people. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Malone, the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, shows how groups of people working together in superminds--like hierarchies, markets, democracies, and communities--have been responsible for almost all human achievements in business, government, science, and beyond. And these collectively intelligent human groups are about to get much smarter. Using dozens of striking examples and case studies, Malone shows how computers can help create more intelligent superminds simply by connecting humans to one another in a variety of rich, new ways. And although it will probably happen more gradually than many people expect, artificially intelligent computers will amplify the power of these superminds by doing increasingly complex kinds of thinking. Together, these changes will have far-reaching implications for everything from the way we buy groceries and plan business strategies to how we respond to climate change, and even for democracy itself. By understanding how these collectively intelligent groups work, we can learn how to harness their genius to achieve our human goals. "--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Informational works.; Swarm intelligence.; Artificial intelligence.; Human-computer interaction.; Cognitive science.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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How we learn : why brains learn better than any machine ... for now / by Dehaene, Stanislas,author.(CARDINAL)374931;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Seven definitions of learning -- Why our brain learns better than current machines -- Babies' invisible knowledge -- The birth of a brain -- Nurture's share -- Recycle your brain -- Attention -- Active engagement -- Error feedback -- Consolidation -- Conclusion. Reconciling education with neuroscience."In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood, and that we can enhance our learning and memory at any age. We can all "learn to learn" by taking maximal advantage of the four pillars of the brain's learning algorithm: attention, active engagement, error feedback, and consolidation. The human brain is an extraordinary machine. Its ability to process information and adapt to circumstances by reprogramming itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. The exciting advancements in A.I. of the last twenty years reveal just as much about our remarkable abilities as they do about the potential of machines. How We Learn finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain's learning algorithms, in our schools and universities as well as in everyday life"--Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Subjects: Learning, Psychology of.; Cognitive psychology.; Neuroplasticity.; Cognitive science.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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