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d understanding, and this will prove to be the key to the problem. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015822 Knowledge 133 The Problem One suggestion put forward by Daniel Dennett is the creative process is a two-part task — generate ideas, then critically assess them. I can, in principle, make a program write out every possibl

truth they derive from the most simple set of rules. You can check out the website to see a live version of Conway’s Game of Life. It’s a lot of fun. Wolfram’s Strange Attractor HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015863 174 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? thesis is that we could all be living in one of these games. Perhap

ed. Of course, there are no actual animals. The things you see on the screen, ‘gliders’ ‘walkers, and ‘cannons, just hang together accidentally. But, Wolfram considers these little digital creatures are animals. He argues our Universe is just like the Game of Life: A set of simple rules leading to complex

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biological systems. Biological Cybernetics, 87, 392-403,2002. Den87. D. Dennett. The Intentional Stance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. Den91. Daniel Dennett. Consciousness Explained. Back Bay, 1991. DC05. Hugo De Cans. The Artifact War. ETC, 2005. DOP08. Wlodzislaw Duch, Richard Oentaryo, and Michel P

to fire beads, with release of additional heat.2 The philosophy underlying these suggested bead dynamics is somewhat comparable to that outlined in Wolfram's book A New Kind of Science INVol02]. There he proposes cellular au- tomata models that emulate the qualitative characteristics of various real-worl

ic plasticity in biological systems. Biological Cybernetics, 87, 392-403, 2002. D. Dennett. The Intentional Stance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. Daniel Dennett. Consciousness Explained. Back Bay, 1991. Hugo De Garis. The Artilect War. ETC, 2005. Wlodzislaw Duch, Richard Oentaryo, and Michel Pasquier. Cogni

nto fire beads, with release of additional heat.? The philosophy underlying these suggested bead dynamics is somewhat comparable to that outlined in Wolfram’s book A New Kind of Science [Wol02]. There he proposes cellular au- tomata models that emulate the qualitative characteristics of various real-world

cience seem to go hand in hand; each field can propel the other. 132 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016935 Many evolutionary scientists, and such philosophers as Daniel Dennett, have pointed out that the human brain is the result of billions of years of evolution.*°> Human intelligence is not the special characteristic we th

versation for Edge, began to talk and didn’t stop for two and a half hours. The essay that follows is an edited version of that session, which was a Wolfram master class of sorts and is an appropriate way to end this volume—just as Stephen’s Reality Club talk in the ’80s was a great way to initiate the on

cience seem to go hand in hand; each field can propel the other. 132 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016352 Many evolutionary scientists, and such philosophers as Daniel Dennett, have pointed out that the human brain is the result of billions of years of evolution.*°> Human intelligence is not the special characteristic we th

versation for Edge, began to talk and didn’t stop for two and a half hours. The essay that follows is an edited version of that session, which was a Wolfram master class of sorts and is an appropriate way to end this volume—just as Stephen’s Reality Club talk in the ’80s was a great way to initiate the on