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George Dyson argues that life, having first developed through biological evolution, is currently emerging once more, this time through the spontaneous evolution of intelligence within our rapidly expanding information networks. 'A very deep andimportant book, beautifully written.' - Oliver Sacks.
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"In the game of life and evolution, there are three players at the table: human beings, nature and machine. I am firmly on the side of nature," writes George Dyson, "but nature, I suspect, is on the side of machines." In his challenging book, Dyson surrounds contemporary topics related to emerging information networks with historical context, illustrating an evolutionary dance between intelligence, nature and machines. Taking its title from an essay written by Samuel Butler in 1863, Dyson's story blends the antiquarian thinking of Thomas Hobbes, Erasmus Darwin and Gottfried Leibniz with modern research on neural networks and artificial intelligence. Dyson's perspective is unique and his style is deft, ensuring the readability of Darwin among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence. --Amazon.com
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One of the most original and intriguing books of the last two decades (John Naughton Guardian)
A very deep and important book, beautifully written (Oliver Sacks)
A book that can be read as literature, whether or not you have any interest in computers and machine intelligence . . . satisfying, edifying and accessible (John Gribbin)
An extraordinarily exciting, intriguing and very idiosyncratic book (Nature)
A very deep and important book, beautifully written (Oliver Sacks)
A book that can be read as literature, whether or not you have any interest in computers and machine intelligence . . . satisfying, edifying and accessible (John Gribbin)
An extraordinarily exciting, intriguing and very idiosyncratic book (Nature)
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0140267441
- ISBN 13 9780140267440
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