The role of Cybernetics in the emergence of artificial intelligence

Babai, Saeedeh; Bahreini, Monireh; Norouzi, Faezeh; Saberi, Narjes; Fouladi, Kazem

doi:10.30465/ps.2022.42060.1618

The role of Cybernetics in the emergence of artificial intelligence

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Authors

saeedeh babai ¹

Monireh Bahreini ²

faezeh norouzi ³

narjes saberi ⁴

kazem fouladi ⁵

¹ Researcher of the Cyberspace Ethical Studies Department, Virtual Space Research Institute Tehran

² Department of Philosophy of Science, University of Amirkabir, Tehran

³ Master's degree, Department of Philosophy of Science, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Master's student, Allameh Tabatabai University

⁵ Assistant Professor, Cyber Space Research Laboratory, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.30465/ps.2022.42060.1618

Abstract

Many attempts have been made in the history and philosophy of science to suppose machines as human beings. Sometimes they are attributed mind, sometimes emotion, and sometimes intelligence. All this is to make the border between humans and machines as narrow as possible, so that one day they may unite. But this effort can be made in another direction. It is possible to bring humans closer to the machines as much as possible with a systematic view, which is what the cybernetic perspective has done. This approach has played a significant role in the emergence of artificial intelligence studies and along with the two approaches of computationalism and representationalism has been able to introduce artificial intelligence as the most important and functional field of science to the world.

Keywords

Artificial intelligence

cybernetics

data

information

control

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