Unconscious networks : philosophy, psychoanalysis, and artificial intelligence / Luca M. Possati.
| Author/creator | Possati, Luca M. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 268 pages) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy. ^A529021 |
| Abstract | "This book develops an original theoretical framework for understanding human-technology relations. The author's approach, which he calls technoanalysis, analyzes artificial intelligence based on Freudian psychoanalysis, biosemiotics, and Latour's actor-network theory. How can we communicate with AI to determine shared values and objectives? And what, ultimately, do we want from machines? These are crucial questions in our world, where the influence of AI-based technologies is rapidly growing. Unconscious dynamics influence AI and digital technology and understanding them is essential to better controlling AI systems. This book's unique methodology- which combines psychoanalysis, biosemiotics, and actor-network theory-reveals a radical reformulation of the problem of the human mind. Technoanalysis views the mind as a hybrid network of humans and nonhuman actants in constant interaction with one another. The author argues that human unconscious dynamics influence and shape technology, just as technology influences and shapes human unconscious dynamics. He proceeds to show how this conception of the relationship between the unconscious and technology can be applied to social robotics and AI. Unconscious Networks will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in philosophy of technology, philosophy of artificial intelligence, psychoanalysis, and science and technology studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Luca M. Possati is researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto, Portugal. He is the author of many books, including Software as Hermeneutics: A Philosophical and Historical Study (2022) and The Algorithmic Unconscious: How Psychoanalysis Helps in Understanding AI (Routledge, 2021). |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Possati, Luca M. Unconscious networks New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781032385518 |
| LCCN | 2022029184 |
| ISBN | 9781003345572 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1003345573 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000806076 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1000806073 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000806021 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1000806022 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781003345572 |
| Stock number | 9781003345572 Taylor & Francis |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |