Synopsis
This volume offers a look at the fundamentalissues of present and future AI, especially from cognitive science, computerscience, neuroscience and philosophy. This work examines the conditionsfor artificial intelligence, how these relate to the conditions for intelligencein humans and other natural agents, as well as ethical and societal problemsthat artificial intelligence raises or will raise. The key issues this volume investigates include the relation of AI andcognitive science, ethics of AI and robotics, brain emulation andsimulation, hybrid systems and cyborgs, intelligence and intelligence testing,interactive systems, multi-agent systems, and super intelligence. Based on the 2nd conference on "Theory and Philosophy of ArtificialIntelligence" held in Oxford, the volume includes prominentresearchers within the field from around the world.
