
Computers - Artificial Intelligence - Philosophy


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Knowbotic Interface Project
- "A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness"
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Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography
- Recent works in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of artificial intelligence, and on consciousness in the sciences
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A Definition of AI
- A proposition for a formal definition of AI.
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Imagination, Mental Imagery, Consciousness, Cognition
- "A resource for the study of imagination and mental images and their relevance to the understanding of consciousness and cognition"
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PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness
- "A refereed electronic journal dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain."
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Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
- ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness."
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Astro Biological Coenergetics
- "An unorthodox new look at mind, consciousness and perception"
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The mammalian brain
- "An old, bare-metal programmer looks at the mammalian brain and ventures a few remarks"
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Principia Cybernetica
- The Principia Cybernetica Project (PCP) is an international organization that tries to tackle age-old philosophical questions with the help of the most recent cybernetic theories and technologies. Stated more precisely, the Project's aim is the computer-supported collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy.
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Polycontexturality Homepage
- The idea of Polycontextural Logic
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Generation 5: Artificial Intelligence Repository
- One of the most comprehensive sites on Artificial Intelligence. Includes code, examples, documents, links and essays.
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Ethics for Machines
- An esssay dealing with how to apply ethics to the possible thinking machines of the future.
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Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence
- Some reflections on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of the Turing Test.
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Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
- A comprehensive and up-to-date collection of terms, definitions, and scholarly works on the topic of Philosophy of Mind that provides useful background material for the study of artificial intelligence theory.
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Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence Research Group
- Research papers on philosophy and AI, including work on causality, probability and Bayesian networks.
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"Minds, Brains, and Programs"
- John Searle's seminal text on problems with the metaphor of the brain as "computing device" in which his famous "Chinese Room" argument is brought forth as criticism of the philosophical foundation for examining human cognition via computer simulation.
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Stevan Harnad E-Prints on Cognitive Psychology
- Papers on categorical perception, the symbol grounding problem, and consciousness, with particular emphasis on the philosophy of AI.
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The Ethics of AI
- eAI has a collection of papers relating to examinations of the ethical implications of advances in Artificial Intelligence.
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Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
- Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography. A massive listing.
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Some Philosophy and AI material
- Links to resources for the following topics: Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Technical Documents.
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Philosophy Topics: AI
- AI Topics provides basic, understandable information and helpful resources concerning artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on material available online.
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A Philosophical Encounter by Aaron Sloman
- In Proceedings 14th International Joint Conference on AI Montreal, August 1995: `A philosophical encounter: An interactive presentation of some of the key philosophical problems in AI and AI problems in philosophy.'
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Sentience: The next moral dilemma
- By Richard Barry: Humankind will have to decide how to live with a new sentient race. Sometime in the future machines will reach a level of intelligence that will challenge, or even surpass our own.
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The Digital Philosopher
- by Harvey Blume Can robotics shed light on the human mind? On evolution? Daniel Dennett -- whose work unites neuroscience, computer science, and evolutionary biology -- has some provocative answers. Is he on to something, or just chasing the zeitgeist?
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Being Real by Judith S. Donath
- This appears in Goldberg, K. (ed.) The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet, MIT Press
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Kiss me, you human
- By Stephen Humphries: Robot Kismet can walk, talk, and make logical decisions. What's the next step in the quest for artificial intelligence?
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God Is the Machine
- In the beginning there was 0. And then there was 1. A mind-bending meditation on the transcendent power of digital computation. By Kevin Kelly
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Brain in a Vat
- Can bad men make good brains do bad things?
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Risks - Artificial Intelligence
- Links to topic areas such as theology, ethics, financial, legal and medical issues.
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Philosophy and AI
- This is a tentative, preliminary and open-ended list of possible questions, problem-areas and discussion topics related to philosophy and artificial intelligence.
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Philosophy and History of AI
- Philosophy and history of AI, personalities, links and suggested reading.
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MainFrame: Artificial Intelligence
- Material on Artificial Intelligence as engineering with emphasis on the exploitation of logic. A topography is presented with logic at the center.
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Philosophers of Mind
- Links to online papers on AI and Philosophy of Mind.
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Computational Epistemology Lab at University of Waterloo
- A facility for research into cognitive science and related philosophical areas
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Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition at Indiana University
- An interdisciplinary research center headed by Douglas Hofstadter
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Yale University Department of Computer Science
- Includes several listings of topic and research areas, and includes general CS program, undergrad and graduate, information.
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Artificial Intelligence Center at the University of Georgia
- Computer modeling of intelligent behavior, including but not limited to modeling the human mind. Topic is viewed as an interdisciplinary field where computer science intersects with philosophy, psychology, linguistics, engineering, and other fields.
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Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
- Research Center pursuing such issues as knowledge-acquisition, learning, representation, formal and computational studies in computational logic and artificial intelligence.
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Jozef Stefan Institute - Slovenia
- Department of Intelligent Systems, research areas include, but are not limited to: machine learning, knowledge-based systems, qualitative modeling, decision making, logic programming, natural language processing, and cognitive science.
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Research in Artificial Intelligence at Edinburgh University
- Undergraduate, Graduate, and Research Programs offered in many areas of AI and multi-disciplinary combinations, from a program which traces it's roots back to 1963.
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SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center
- Founded in 1966, the center's objectives are to understand the computational principles underlying intelligence in man and machines and to develop methods for building computer-based systems to solve problems, to communicate with people, and to perceive and interact with the physical world.
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Computational Intelligence Research Laboratory - University of Oregon
- Research focus on basic questions in artificial intelligence including search, knowledge representation, and reasoning. Emphasis is on planning, constraint satisfaction, and common sense reasoning.
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School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
- Center for multi - disciplinary research and teaching in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy and Psychology.
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Computer Science Research Groups
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Research is done on a wide range of topics including those in AI. Topic and research group listing.
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University of Michigan AI Lab Home Page
- Active faculty research projects, research achievements, graduate school information and other topic areas.
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ÖFAI-Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- At ÖFAI basic and applied research is performed in several areas of AI, most notably: Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks (Connectionism), Machine Learning and Data Mining, Knowledge-Based Systems, Constraint Logic Programming, Intelligent Software Agents and New Media, AI and Society
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UPenn Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
- University of Pennsylvania Institute includes topic areas, areas of research, faculty listings and publication links.
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U of W, Artificial Intelligence Research Group
- University of Washington, includes research topics, areas of study, faculty, student, and alumni listings.
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DAIS-Danish Artificial Intelligence Society Home Page
- Danish AI research and resources. Includes project listings, publication resources and Danish program resources.
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Institute of Interdisciplinary Research and Developments in Intelligence Artificial.
- IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Projects funded by the European Union. Many current projects listed, including: Metaheuristics, Hybrid belief systems, and uncertain reasoning.
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CMU School of Computer Science
- Education in computer music, data mining, machine learning, vision, and speech with a list of research topics.
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European Graduate School - Artificial Life Group
- Archive and webzine of the Artifical Life project at European Graduate School, Media and Communication studies.