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    This document discusses the challenges of defining and imposing notions of "intelligence" on computational and artificial systems. It notes that defining terms like "life" and "intelligence" is difficult as meanings are historically contingent. When considering intelligence in artificial systems, it questions whether life should be the ultimate reference point given that distinctions between organic and inorganic are giving way to scales of complexity. The document focuses on issues relating to computation, artificial life, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, meaning, ontology and complex systems theory.

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    This document discusses the challenges of defining and imposing notions of "intelligence" on computational and artificial systems. It notes that defining terms like "life" and "intelligence" is difficult as meanings are historically contingent. When considering intelligence in artificial systems, it questions whether life should be the ultimate reference point given that distinctions between organic and inorganic are giving way to scales of complexity. The document focuses on issues relating to computation, artificial life, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, meaning, ontology and complex systems theory.

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    This document discusses the challenges of defining and imposing notions of "intelligence" on computational and artificial systems. It notes that defining terms like "life" and "intelligence" is difficult as meanings are historically contingent. When considering intelligence in artificial systems, it questions whether life should be the ultimate reference point given that distinctions between organic and inorganic are giving way to scales of complexity. The document focuses on issues relating to computation, artificial life, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, meaning, ontology and complex systems theory.

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    Claire Lubotzky: Digital Research Project: 1

    THE NEXT BIG THING? BIOTECHNOLOGY.

    In regards to imposing the notion of ‘intelligence’ to computational or machinic-


    assemblages, it is important to first come to terms with the functional meaning of the
    terms ‘life’ and ‘intelligence.’ Doing this is no easy task, as ‘meaning’ is subject to a
    multiplicity of forces that are essentially historically contingent. In a biological sense
    the oppositions of organic and non-organic are noticeably giving way to sliding scales
    based on the complexity of an organism. In this context we also need to consider
    whether life is the ultimate reference?

    KEYWORDS: COMPUTATION, ALIFE, CYBERNETICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENC, E


    MEANING, ONTOLOGY, SOCIETY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, NANOTECHNOLOGY,
    INFORMATION, COMPLEX SYSTEMS THEORY

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