MLI Generative AI Series Series

The Creation of a Conscious Machine Edition 2

The Quest for Artificial Intelligence

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December 2023
9781501521737
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  • Publisher
    Mercury Learning and Information
  • Published
    27th December 2023
  • ISBN 9781501521737
  • Language English
  • Pages 216 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
$44.99
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December 2023
9781501518317
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    Mercury Learning and Information
  • Published
    22nd December 2023
  • ISBN 9781501518317
  • Language English
  • Pages 216 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
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December 2023
9781501518331
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  • Publisher
    Mercury Learning and Information
  • Published
    22nd December 2023
  • ISBN 9781501518331
  • Language English
  • Pages 216 pp.
  • Size 6" x 9"
$44.99

This book presents a groundbreaking journey into the world of Generative AI technology and offers an in-depth look at the prospect of AI achieving consciousness. The book navigates through various historical and modern perspectives on AI, from ancient myths to the Turing Test to the latest in technological advancements. It covers the theoretical and practical aspects of creating a conscious AI, including the specifications for synthetic consciousness and the integration of AI with human cognition. The book questions whether generative AI can meet the traditional criteria of consciousness and how this might be realized.

FEATURES

  • Specifies the design choices and implementation strategies that must be followed to successfully build machines that are conscious
  • Explores the entire spectrum of AI development, from ancient origins to the potential future of conscious machines
  • Offers a critical examination of the Turing Test, its variations, and its relevance to modern AI
  • Provides insights into the potential paths and challenges in achieving synthetic consciousness in AI

1: Consciousness as Cognitive Capability
2: Ancient Origins of the AI Quest
3: AI Clarifies Human Cognition
4: Early Failures Hamper the Quest
5: AI Research and the Fear of Success
6: The Engineering of Consciousness
7: Archaic Representations of AI
8: The Intelligence of Automatons
9: Analysis of the Turing Test
10: Evaluation of the Turing Test
11: Discarded Avenues of AI Investigations 12: A Successful Design Strategy
13: AI and the Human Entity
14: The Aware Human as Baseline
15: A Relational Template for Consciousness 16: Lucid Self-Transformation
17: Specifications of Synthetic Consciousness 18: Generative AI and Consciousness
19: The Lucid Self-Transformation of Generative AI
Conclusion
References
Index

Jean E. Tardy

Jean E. Tardy is a systems analyst and expert in artificial intelligence. Following a rigorous top-down process, he developed a detailed system architecture to implement synthetic consciousness in autonomous agents.

artificial intelligence; cognition; consciousness; data science; machine learning; generative AI