02114cam a22002175i 4500020001800000020001500018041000800033082001600041100002100057245004000078260003500118300002000153520151600173650001201689650001901701650003701720700002301757942000701780952009201787999001701879  a9780128037201  a0128037202  aENG  a154.63bPAG1 aPagel, James F.,10aMachine dreaming and consciousness   aUnited KingdombElsevierc2017  axi, 218 pages ;  aMachine Dreaming and Consciousness is the first book to discuss the questions raised by the advent of machine dreaming. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems meeting criteria of primary and self-reflexive consciousness are often utilized to extend the human interface, creating waking experiences that resemble the human dream. Surprisingly, AI systems also easily meet all human-based operational criteria for dreaming. These "dreamsïÅư are far different from anthropomorphic dreaming, including such processes as fuzzy logic, liquid illogic, and integration instability, all processes that may be necessary in both biologic and artificial systems to extend creative capacity. Today, multi-linear AI systems are being built to resemble the structural framework of the human central nervous system. The creation of the biologic framework of dreaming (emotions, associative memories, and visual imagery) is well within our technical capacity. AI dreams potentially portend the further development of consciousness in these systems. This focus on AI dreaming raises even larger questions. In many ways, dreaming defines our humanity. What is humanly special about the states of dreaming? And what are we losing when we limit our focus to its technical and biologic structure, and extend the capacity for dreaming into our artificial creations? Machine Dreaming and Consciousness provides thorough discussion of these issues for neuroscientists and other researchers investigating consciousness and cognition. 0aDreams. 0aConsciousness. 0aAltered states of consciousness.1 aKirshtein, Philip,  cBK  00104070aHMIbHMIcGENd2019-10-21l0o154.63 PAGp25649r2019-10-21w2019-10-21yBK  c22768d22768