The fuzzy future from society and science to heaven in a chip

Kosko B. The fuzzy future_from society and science to heaven in a chip (HB,1999) ......Page 7
Copyright ......Page 8
Contents ......Page 10
Preface xi ......Page 14
1. Introduction: Creeping Fuzziness 1 ......Page 18
Creeping Fuzz in Science and Technology 2......Page 19
Fuzzy Logic for Beginners 6......Page 23
A Brief History of Fuzzy Logic 15......Page 32
Creeping Fuzz in the Digital Age 17......Page 34
Part One: Fuzzy Politics 19......Page 36
2. Fuzzy Politics 21......Page 38
3. Left and Right and Neither: The Fuzzy Political Square 24......Page 41
The Left-Right Spectrum: The 1-D Fuzzy Cube 27......Page 44
The Fuzzy Political Square: Multidimensional Ideology 31......Page 48
Fuzzy Square Dynamics: Is Government Destiny? 41......Page 58
4. The Fuzzy Tax Form 47......Page 64
Picking Winners 49......Page 66
The Fuzzy Tax Form: Choose as You Pay 58......Page 75
Criticisms of a Fuzzy Tax Form: IQism versus Democracy 61......Page 78
Balanced Budgets and Endowed States 68......Page 85
Research Bounties: Buying Breakthroughs 69......Page 86
5. The Rights of Genomes 73......Page 90
A Little Bit Pregnant 75......Page 92
Random Walks in Genome Space 79......Page 96
The Rights of Genomes 83......Page 100
6. The Rights of Whales 88......Page 105
The Pursuit of Property: Fuzzy Labor Mixings 91......Page 108
The Coase Theorem: A Shopper’s Paradise 95......Page 112
A Fuzzy Coase Theorem 100 ......Page 117
Defuzzify to Optimize 104 ......Page 121
The Rights of Whales 106 ......Page 123
The Sky Is Not the Limit: The Greening of the Galaxy 109 ......Page 126
7. Smart Wars 114 ......Page 131
The Fuzz of War 116 ......Page 133
The Math of War: From Tolstoy to Chaos 118 ......Page 135
Smart Wars: Cheaper to Attack Than Defend 125 ......Page 142
The Digital Battlefield 132 ......Page 149
Part Two: Fuzzy Science 135 ......Page 152
8. Fuzzy Science 137 ......Page 154
9. Patch the Bumps 140 ......Page 157
Science as Function Approximation 142 ......Page 159
The Curse of Dimensionality: Rule Explosion 147 ......Page 164
Optimal Rules: Patch the Bumps 152 ......Page 169
The Search Goes On 154 ......Page 171
The Promise of Feedback 155 ......Page 172
10. Optimal Brain Damage 158 ......Page 175
Neural Networks as Pattern Computers 160 ......Page 177
Optimal Brain Damage 163 ......Page 180
Genetic Algorithms: Evolution as Random Hill Climbing 165 ......Page 182
Neuro-Fuzzy and Geno-Fuzzy Hybrids 169 ......Page 186
Beating the Street 172 ......Page 189
Patterns of Mind 177 ......Page 194
11. It from Fit 179 ......Page 196
The Mystery of Being 183 ......Page 200
The World in a Black Hole: It from Bit 185 ......Page 202
The World in a Fuzzy Cube: It from Fit 191 ......Page 208
Is the World a Computer? 195 ......Page 212
Part Three: Fuzzy Digital Culture 197 ......Page 214
12. Fuzzy Digital Culture 199 ......Page 216
13. Smart Art 202 ......Page 219
Smart Art: Artists as Functions in Art Space 205 ......Page 222
The Sound of Math 208 ......Page 225
Art for Computer\'s Sake 213 ......Page 230
14. Secret Agents 217 ......Page 234
Your Agent Will See You Now 220 ......Page 237
Secret Search Agents 223 ......Page 240
Agent Explosion and Smart Markets 229 ......Page 246
Last Call: A Digital Rights Act 233 ......Page 250
15. Heaven in a Chip 240 ......Page 257
From Brainloaf to Chipnet 248 ......Page 265
Chipping Away at Your Brain 250 ......Page 267
Heaven in a Chip 252 ......Page 269
Notes 257 ......Page 274
Acknowledgments 338 ......Page 355
Index 339 ......Page 356
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