Research Catalog

Title

Morphing intelligence : from IQ measurement to artificial brains / Catherine Malabou ; translated by Carolyn Shread.

Author

Malabou, Catherine

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

Shread, Carolyn P. T., 1968-

Description

xviii, 198 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes the intertwined, networked relationships among the biological, the technological, and the symbolic.Malabou traces the modern metamorphoses of intelligence, seeking to understand how neurobiological and neurotechnological advances have transformed our view. She considers three crucial developments: the notion of intelligence as an empirical, genetically based quality measurable by standardized tests; the shift to the epigenetic paradigm, with its emphasis on neural plasticity; and the dawn of artificial intelligence, with its potential to simulate, replicate, and ultimately surpass the workings of the brain. Malabou concludes that a dialogue between human and cybernetic intelligence offers the best if not the only means to build a democratic future. A strikingly original exploration of our changing notions of intelligence and the human and their far-reaching philosophical and political implications, Morphing Intelligence is an essential analysis of the porous border between symbolic and biological life at a time when once-clear distinctions between mind and machine have become uncertain.

Series Statement

The Wellek Library lectures in critical theory

Uniform Title

• Métamorphoses de l'intelligence. English
• Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine.

Alternative Title

Métamorphoses de l'intelligence.

Subjects

• Artificial intelligence
• Neuroinformatics
• Intellect
• Neurosciences
• Human Brain Project

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-186) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Contents

Translator's Foreword: Why I Translate So Intelligently: Translation Mètis in the Era of Google Translate -- Intelligence and genetic fate -- The "Blue brain" -- Like a pollock painting -- Conclusion -- Postscript to the English Translation. Artificial Intelligence: The Fourth Blow to Our Narcissism.

Call Number

JFD 19-2931

ISBN

• 9780231187367
• 023118736X

LCCN

2018034546

OCLC

1047524339

Author

Malabou, Catherine, author.

Title

Morphing intelligence : from IQ measurement to artificial brains / Catherine Malabou ; translated by Carolyn Shread.

Publisher

New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Wellek Library lectures in critical theory

Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-186) and index.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Shread, Carolyn P. T., 1968- translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Malabou, Catherine. Morphing intelligence. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231547239 (DLC) 2018036522

Research Call Number

JFD 19-2931