Computer after me : awareness and self-awareness in autonomic systems
edited by Pitt, Jeremy
Computer after me : awareness and self-awareness in autonomic systems edited by Jeremy Pitt. - London Imperial College Press 2015 - xvi, 313 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cm
We are increasingly seeing computer systems which are expected to function without operator intervention. This is perhaps acceptable for running computer networks or traffic lights; however, we are now seeing computer systems deployed to qualitatively influence human judgments such as rulings on legal disputes or fitness for work to evaluate disability benefits. In keeping with the precautionary principle, it is important that those who are developing this capability ― technologists and scientists ― think through its potential implications.The aim of this book is to explore the technological and social and implications of computers and robots becoming increasingly ‘aware’ of their environment and the people in it, and their being increasingly ‘self-aware’ of their own existence within it.The wide-ranging scope of the text covers three different angles of the concept of ‘the computer after me’: (1) the next generation of computationally powerful aware systems; (2) systems in which the computer is aware of qualitatively impact human concerns such as law, health and rules; and (3) computers and robots which are aware of themselves.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-308) and index.
9781783264179 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2014024328
Artificial intelligence.
Self organizing systems.
Computer science - philosophy
Androids
Intelligent agents(Computer Software)
Autonomous robots.
Computational intelligence.
Emotions and cognition.
Human-computer interaction.
TA347.A78 / C66 2015
004.01 PIT-J
Computer after me : awareness and self-awareness in autonomic systems edited by Jeremy Pitt. - London Imperial College Press 2015 - xvi, 313 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cm
We are increasingly seeing computer systems which are expected to function without operator intervention. This is perhaps acceptable for running computer networks or traffic lights; however, we are now seeing computer systems deployed to qualitatively influence human judgments such as rulings on legal disputes or fitness for work to evaluate disability benefits. In keeping with the precautionary principle, it is important that those who are developing this capability ― technologists and scientists ― think through its potential implications.The aim of this book is to explore the technological and social and implications of computers and robots becoming increasingly ‘aware’ of their environment and the people in it, and their being increasingly ‘self-aware’ of their own existence within it.The wide-ranging scope of the text covers three different angles of the concept of ‘the computer after me’: (1) the next generation of computationally powerful aware systems; (2) systems in which the computer is aware of qualitatively impact human concerns such as law, health and rules; and (3) computers and robots which are aware of themselves.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-308) and index.
9781783264179 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2014024328
Artificial intelligence.
Self organizing systems.
Computer science - philosophy
Androids
Intelligent agents(Computer Software)
Autonomous robots.
Computational intelligence.
Emotions and cognition.
Human-computer interaction.
TA347.A78 / C66 2015
004.01 PIT-J