QI: The Quest for Intelligence - A Revolutionary Investigation into Human, Animal and Artificial Intelligence - Hardcover

Kevin Warwick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749920815 ISBN 13: 9780749920814

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2000

Synopsis

Dr. Kevin Warwick is deeply critical of techniques used to measure human intelligence, in particular IQ tests. In this book he outlines a theory that proposes a universal view of intelligence, within which human animal and artificial intelligence are united.

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Review

The whole area of intelligence testing has been the scene of fierce argument in recent years. Whether it's racists using IQ results to "prove" whites are more intelligent than blacks, or bien pensants using the very same results to show the virtual opposite, the subject of who is smarter than whom--and why, where, and how--is one of the most controversial in modern society.

With this book, Reading University cybernetician Kevin Warwick has fearlessly taken this bull by the horns--and indeed stomped on its head. Utilising a crisp, astringent, plain-spoken style, Warwick unblinkingly analyses all the thorniest issues, such as gender differences, ethnic discrepancies, even animal "intellect". He also frisks these issues for interesting info: this is a great book for furnishing a pub argument with controversial facts--did you know women are dulled by eating chocolate, that men are cleverer after a few peanuts, or that bees are arguably smarter than book reviewers?

Despite his breeziness of tone, however, Warwick's ultimate aim is deadly serious. As a specialist in robotics he aims to find out what we mean by artificial intelligence, and what that artificial intelligence (so much swifter than our own) means for us. It has to be said his conclusions are as unreassuring as his book is invigorating.--Sean Thomas

About the Author

Dr. Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University * He is the author of March of the Machines which sold over 20,000 copies in hardback and received excellent reviews * He lectures widely in the UK and overseas * Dr. Kevin Warwick is one of the UK's leading authorities on robotics and artificial intelligence and is regularly featured in the media.

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749920815
• ISBN 13: 9780749920814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 237