The text begins by reviewing the origins and aims of cybernetics with particular reference to Warren McCulloch’s declared lifetime quest of “understanding man’s understanding”. It is shown that continuous systems can undergo complex self-organization, but a need for classification of situations becomes apparent and can be seen as the evolutionary beginning of concept-based processing. Possibilities for complex self-organization are emphasized by discussion of a general principle that has been termed significance feedback, of which backpropagation of errors in neural nets is a special case. It is also noted that continuous measures come to be associated with processing that is essentially concept-based, as acknowledged in Marvin Minsky’s reference to heuristic connection between problems, and the associated basic learning heuristic of Minsky and Selfridge. Advances an alternative approach to analyze and model intelligence Presents thoughts and ideas systematically INDICE: Preface.- Cybernetics: Origins and Aims.- Where to Start?- Continuous Versus Discrete.- Adaptation, Self-Organization, and Learning.- Backpropogation.- Self Reference.- Fractal Intelligence.- Conclusions.- References.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-75163-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 225
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés