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What is intelligence? : lessons from AI about evolution, computing, and minds

by Blaise Agüera y Arcas

This book explores the nature of intelligence, proposing that prediction is fundamental to both biological life and artificial systems. Drawing on neuroscience, physics, and computer science, it analyses how modern AI relates to consciousness, evolution, and free will.

Accession 31661 ISBN 9780262049955 Publisher MIT Press
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