{"product_id":"beyond-zero-and-one-smart-9781682190067","title":"Beyond Zero and One by Andrew Smart","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond Zero and One: Machines, Psychedelics, and Consciousness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Andrew Smart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan we build a robot that trips on acid? \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is not a frivolous question, according to neuroscientist Andrew Smart. If we can’t, he argues, we haven’t really created artificial intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/beyond-zero-and-one-9781682190067.jpg?v=1760224809\" alt=\"Book titled 'Beyond Zero and One' by Andrew Smart on a white background\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an exposition reminiscent of crossover works such as \u003cem\u003eGödel, Escher, Bach\u003c\/em\u003e and Fermat’s Last Theorem, \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Smart \u003c\/strong\u003eweaves together Mangarevan binary numbers, the discovery of LSD, Leibniz, computer programming, and much more to connect the vast but largely forgotten world of psychedelic research with the resurgent field of AI and the attempt to build conscious robots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA book that draws on the history of mathematics, philosophy, and digital technology, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Zero and One\u003c\/em\u003e challenges fundamental assumptions underlying artificial intelligence. Is the human brain based on computation? Can information alone explain human consciousness and intelligence? Smart convincingly makes the case that true intelligence, and artificial intelligence, requires an appreciation of what is beyond the computational.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/smart-andrew.jpg?v=1760224809\" alt=\"Andrew Smart: Author Portrait\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author \/ Editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Smart \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eAutopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e. A scientist and engineer interested in consciousness, brains and technology, his work traverses the boundaries of neuroscience, philosophy, culture, radical politics and metaphysics. He was raised in the U.S., educated and married in Sweden, lived in New York and Minneapolis and now lives in Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50289870733627,"sku":"1682190064","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781682190067.jpg?v=1760224810","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/beyond-zero-and-one-smart-9781682190067","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}