Possible minds edited by John Brockman 2019
Thought-provoking collection of essays on artificial intelligence Brockman’s book consists of 25...
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Category: TSR BOOKS
Who needs emotions edited by J-M Fellous and MA Arbib 2005
An unemotional analysis of robot emotions. The book consists of a series of papers by various...
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Mama’s last hug by Frans de Waal, 2019
Human emotions are just an extension of animal emotions. Another cracking read from one of the...
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Machines like me by Ian McEwan, 2019
Stories involving conscious robots can be quite unsettling. Whilst the premises upon which the...
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Free will by Sam Harris 2012
A crystal clear exposition of why free will is an illusion. This is a great book. It is short and...
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Why everyone else is a hypocrite by Robert Kurzban 2010
Important insights into the brain delivered in lighthearted way. Kurzban delivers an...
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Coders by Clive Thompson 2019
A classic deconstruction of a personality type. This is the fast-paced story of who, what, when...
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The AI does not hate you by Tom Chivers 2019
Thinking AI might be an existential threat makes sense. Chivers’ book looks at the way that a...
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Why love matters by Sue Gerhardt 2015
Eminently sensible and rather heartwarming. Gerhardt is an experienced psychotherapist who brings...
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Who we are and how we got here by David Reich 2018
Humans are really mixed up. The book is focussed on what DNA call tell us about human origins....
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The future of the brain, essays by the world’s leading neuroscientists, edited by Gary Marcus and Jeremy Freeman 2015
A useful high-level exploration of neuroscience today. This is an interesting read for someone...
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Hello world by Hannah Fry 2018
Accessible introduction to the use of algorithms in everyday life. Fry’s book walks its reader...
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Mirroring people by Marco Iacoboni 2008/9
Embedding mirror neurons firmly in our social interactions. Iacoboni has provided a thoroughgoing...
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The creativity code by Marcus du Sautoy 2019
An ode to the beauty of mathematics as well as a discussion of AI and creativity. The author does...
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In our own image by George Zarkadakis 2015
A comprehensive and accessible run-through of all matters AI-related. The book covers a lot of...
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Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness by B J Baars and N M Gage 2010
An immense and valuable introduction to neuroscience. At around 600 large pages with plenty of...
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Winnicott by Adam Phillips 1988/2007
Self development occurs post-natally; we are not born with it. A sympathetic and revealing account...
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Consciousness and the brain by Stanislas Dehaene 2014
A neuronal network take on the global workspace theory of consciousness. This is a great book...
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How pleasure works by Paul Bloom 2010
What we like and why we like it. Bloom’s book ostensibly has two purposes. The main one in...
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The strange order of things by Antonio Damasio 2018
Homeostasis is the key to consciousness. In his latest book, Damasio strongly reaffirms the theory...
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