Web Directory

» A Definition of AI
   A proposition for a formal definition of AI.
   http://dobrev.com/AI/definition.html

» 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.'
   http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs/cog_affect/ijcai95.text

» Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
   ASSC "promotes research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness."
   http://assc.caltech.edu/

» 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
   http://smg.media.mit.edu/papers/Donath/BeingReal/BeingReal.html

» Brain in a Vat
   Can bad men make good brains do bad things?
   http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/Tissues.htm

» Brain-Mind: Know Thyself
   Philosophy of mind for artificial intelligence. This paper was originally commissioned by and published in NOVEMBER Magazine. Links will lead to the free full text of the book, Ai4u: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual By Arthur T Murray
   http://mind.sourceforge.net/theory5.html

» Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind
   A 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.
   http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/

» Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation
   Discussion of the epistemological status of simulation in a cross-disciplinary setting could contribute to a deeper understanding of relevant issues and so it proved.
   http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/8/4/7.html

» 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
   http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/holytech.html

» Knowbotic Interface Project
   "A philosophical and scientific exploration in the art of digital modelling of the human consciousness"
   http://www.inm.de/kip/

» 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.
   http://www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/cs/ai022.htm

» Philosophy and History of AI
   Philosophy and history of AI, personalities, links and suggested reading.
   http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/Notes/AI/philosophy.html

» Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
   Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography. A massive listing.
   http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/biblio/4.html

» 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-s
   http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/Default.html

» 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.
   http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,2083942,00.htm

» 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?
   http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/digicult/dc981209.htm

» What Robots Can & Can't Be
   Essay by Selmer Bringsjord argues that AI will continue to produce machines with the capacity to pass stronger versions of the Turing Test but that the "Person Building Project" will inevitably fail. Abstract and chapter summations.
   http://www.cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?5.59