Knowing Your Mind: Lessons from neuroscience and artificial intelligence

To understand ourselves, and our place in the universe . . . is this not our greatest quest? Today, we are closer than ever before to gaining this knowledge. Neuroscience is uncovering the complexities of the brain, the organ which ultimately defines us. Artificial Intelligence is producing machines with human-like abilities: recognising faces, driving cars, beating us at games we invented. The relationship between these two disciplines, each learning from the other, improves our understanding of human intelligence.Drawing upon progress made in neuroscience and artificial intelligence, this book answers major questions about the human mind and where it is taking us, addressing topics as diverse as consciousness, free will, and the search for meaning in the universe. Anybody with an interest in the human condition will find this book thought-provoking.To judge whether you might enjoy Knowing Your Mind, you need only look at the table of contents:Part I: Being human What is a mind? Do we have free will? What makes us happy? What makes us conscious?Part II: Artificial intelligence Is a computer like a brain? Could a computer convince us it is human? Could a computer understand our world? Could we live on, inside a computer?Part III: Our place in the universe Is there a creator? Is the universe without meaning? What is our destiny?Are you interested in the answers to these questions? If yes, then read on . . .