How the Body Shapes the Way We Think A New View of Intelligence

Name: How the Body Shapes the Way We Think A New View of Intelligence
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ISBN: 9780262162395

ISBN-10: 0262162393

ISBN-13: 9780262162395

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rolf Pfeifer, Rodney Brooks, Josh Bongard, Shun Iwasawa

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How could the body influence our thinking when it seems obvious that the brain controls the body? In How the Body Shapes the Way We Think, Rolf Pfeifer and Josh Bongard demonstrate that thought is not independent of the body but is tightly constrained, and at the same time enabled, by it. They argue that the kinds of thoughts we are capable of have their foundation in our embodiment--in our morphology and the material properties of our bodies. This crucial notion of embodiment underlies fundamental changes in the field of artificial intelligence over the past two decades, and Pfeifer and Bongard use the basic methodology of artificial intelligence--"understanding by building"--to describe…

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List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 10/27/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 418
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Rolf Pfeifer is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich. He is the author of Understanding Intelligence (MIT Press, 1999).

Rodney Brooks is Director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, & Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science. He is also Chairman & Chief Technical Officer of iRobot Corp. (Formerly IS Robotics). He was a research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University & at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of MIT before joining the Computer Science faculty of Stanford in 1983 & the MIT faculty in 1984. He was a founder of Lucid, Inc. He is also a Founding Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) & a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was co-founding editor of the International Journal of Computer Vision & is a member of the…



Foreword



Preface



Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Embodiment, and What the Book Is About



Intelligence, Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence



Thinking, Cognition, and Intelligence



The Mystery of Intelligence



Defining Intelligence



Artificial Intelligence



Embodiment and Its Implications



Summary



Artificial Intelligence: The Landscape



Successes of the Classical Approach



Problems of the Classical Approach



The Embodied Turn



The Role of Neuroscience



Diversification



Biorobotics



Developmental Robotics



Ubiquitous Computing and Interfacing Technology



Artificial Life and Multiagent Systems



Evolutionary Robotics



Summary



Toward a Theory of Intelligence



Prerequisites for a Theory of Intelligence



Level of Generality and Form of Theory



Diversity-Compliance



Frame of Reference



The Synthetic Methodology



Time Perspectives



Emergence



Summary



Intelligent Systems: Properties and Principles



Real Worlds and Virtual Worlds



Properties of Complete Agents



Agent Design Principle 1: The Three-Constituents Principle



Agent Design Principle 2: The Complete-Agent Principle



Agent Design Principle 3: Cheap Design



Agent Design Principle 4: Redundancy



Agent Design Principle 5: Sensory-Motor Coordination



Agent Design Principle 6: Ecological Balance



Agent Design Principle 7: Parallel, Loosely Coupled Processes



Agent Design Principle 8: Value



Summary and Conclusions



Development: From Locomotion to Cognition



Motivation



Toward Developmental Robot Design



From Locomotion to Cognition: A Case Study



From Gait Patterns to Body Image to Cognition



The Symbol Grounding Problem



Matching Brain and Body Dynamics



Broadening the Scope: Other Aspects of Development



Learning in Embodied Systems



Social Interaction



Development: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?



Summary: Design Principles for Developmental Systems



Evolution: Cognition from Scratch



Motivation



The Basics of Evolutionary Computation



The Origins of Evolutionary Computation



Artificial Evolution in the Real World: On Pipes, Antennas, and Electronic Circuits



Evolutionary Robotics



Evolving Morphology and Control



Genetic Regulatory Networks and Developmental Plasticity



Self-Organization: The Powerful Ally of Mutation and Selection



Artificial Evolution: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?



Summary: Design Principles for Evolutionary Systems



Collective Intelligence: Cognition from Interaction



Motivation



Agent-Based Modeling



Simulation versus Real Robots



Groups of Robots



A Note on Cooperation



Modular Robots



Scalability, Self-Assembly, Self-Repair, Homogeneity, and Heterogeneity



Self-Reproducing Machines



Collective Intelligence: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?



Summary: Design Principles for Collective Systems



Applications and Case Studies



Ubiquitous Computing and Interfacing Technology



Ubiquitous Technology as Scaffolding



Ubiquitous Technology: Properties and Principles



Interacting with Ubiquitous Technology



Cyborgs



Summary and Conclusions



Building Intelligent Companies



Management and Entrepreneurship: Decision and Action under Uncertainty



Companies as Embodied Systems



A Synthetic Approach to Management



Design Principles for Building Intelligent Companies



Corroborating the Speculations



Summary and Conclusions



Where Is Human Memory?



Introduction



The Storehouse Metaphor and Its Problems



Concepts of Memory



The Frame-of-Reference Problem in Memory Research: Ashby's Proposal



The Embodied View of Memory: Applying the Design Principles for Intelligent Systems



Implications for Memory Research: Summary and Speculations



Robotic Technology in Everyday Life



Introduction: Everyday Robots



Vacuum Cleaners: Roomba, Trilobite, and Similar Species



Entertainment Robots



Therapeutic, Medical, and Rescue Robots



Humanoid Companion Robots



Robots Capable of Social Communication



Robots Capable of Facial and Bodily Expression



A Theoretical Note



Summary and Conclusions



Principles and Insights



How the Body Shapes the Way We Think



Steps Toward a Theory of Intelligence



Selected Highlights



Seeing Things Differently



Epilogue


Notes


References


Index