Artificial Intelligence in SF as a Model of the Posthuman Situation of Mankind

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Artificial Intelligence in SF as a Model of the Posthuman Situation of Mankind

Original language description

The article focuses on the way in which science fiction genre and scientific texts alike model the ideas of Western culture concerning the functioning of the human mind (brain or intelligence), its knowability, and the probability of its successful simulation. The most problematic issue arising is that this kind of text rests both on the idea of absolute knowability of the human mind (thus stepping outside the ?strange loop? defined by Douglas Hofstadter) and on the belief in the possibility of creatingsuch an artificial live system that would reconstruct exactly this "loop". The article sees the distinction between scientific and literary texts concerning artificial intelligence as problematic ? the resulting "hybridity" is further employed and enhanced in connection with theories regarding ?the posthuman?. Building upon the theories of autopoietic (self-referential) systems, the article concludes with an outline of a "theory of hybrid reading".

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

World Literature Studies

ISSN

1337-9275

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

64-77

UT code for WoS article

000367274800007

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