2015
Biological and Artificial Machines
BARTOŠ, VítBasic information
Original name
Biological and Artificial Machines
Authors
BARTOŠ, Vít
Edition
Springer International Publishing Switze, Beyond Artificial Intelligence, p. 201-210, 10 pp. 2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study
Informatics
Country of publisher
Switzerland
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form
printed version "print"
References:
Organization
Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education – Technical University of Liberec – Repository
ISBN
978-3-319-09667-4
Keywords in English
evolution, Turing machine, Leibniz, physical structure, hierarchy, logical structure, value system, categorization, analog, digital,quantum scale structuring, engineering approach, biological approach
Changed: 13/4/2016 13:36, Vít Bartoš
Abstract
V originále
This article deals with the basic question of the design principles of biological entities and artificial ones expressed by Gerald Edelman’s question: “Is evolution a Turing machine?” There is a general belief asserting that the main difference between evolutionary computation and Turing model lies in the fact that biological entities become infinitely diverse (analog) and fundamentally indeterminate states. I am of the opinion that this difference is not the issue. Differentiation between products of evolution and human-formed machines lies in the physical structure of biological entities linked to the scaling of all physical levels. This architecture works as multi-domain value system whose most basic function is the categorization of events entering the field of interaction of the organism. Human thinking as a product of evolution is a prime example of this process. But those assumptions are not in conflict with another assumption which is claiming that even biological entities are in fact kinds of computational machines.