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01.05.2013 | 25th Anniversary Volume A Faustian Exchange: What is to be human in the era of Ubiquitous Technology?

The quest for artificial wisdom

verfasst von: David Casacuberta Sevilla

Erschienen in: AI & SOCIETY | Ausgabe 2/2013

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Abstract

The term “Contemplative sciences” refers to an interdisciplinary approach to mind that aims at a better understanding of alternative states of consciousness, like those obtained trough deep concentration and meditation, mindfulness and other “superior” or “spiritual” mental states. There is, however, a key discipline missing: artificial intelligence. AI has forgotten its original aims to create intelligent machines that could help us to understand better what intelligence is and is more worried about pragmatical stuff, so almost nobody in the field seems to be interested to join this new effort of contemplative science. In this paper, I would like to accomplish the following: (1) To give a brief description of the field of “contemplative sciences;” (2) To argue why AI should actively join this new paradigm on the study of the mind; and (3) To set up a research program on artificial wisdom: that is to design computational systems that can model at least some relevant aspects of human wisdom.

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Metadaten
Titel
The quest for artificial wisdom
verfasst von
David Casacuberta Sevilla
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2013
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
AI & SOCIETY / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-012-0390-6

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