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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Nadin, Mihai (1938-....)
Titre(s) : Disrupt science [Texte électronique] : the future matters / by Mihai Nadin
Publication : Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Note(s) : L'impression du document génère : 261 p. - Notes bibliogr.
Reaction to breakdowns is more expensive, by many orders of magnitude, than prevention.
This again became clear during the COVID-19 pandemic and is evinced in the sustainability
crisis. The dynamics of living matter transcends deterministic reaction. Embodied
in machines, determinism empowered the human being, providing the path to prosperity.
However, in conjunction with reductionism, it does away with complexity, in which
life is couched. The living is by necessity anticipatory. Awareness of the future
means preserving life not in reaction to, but in anticipation of change. Living entities,
from the simplest bacteria, to plants and insects, to human beings, are adaptive,
goal-oriented, and capable of self-healing. Anticipatory actions are expressed through
non-deterministic processes that unfold in concert with reactions. They engage the
wholeness of life, including its interactions with the environment. Awareness of consequences,
together with memory of the past, informs actions that reflect the creative nature
of human beings. Redefining science--and implicitly, medicine--is not a negation of
its past, but rather an affirmation of trust in explaining life's capacity to renew
itself. As opposed to increasingly expensive medicine as a practice of repair, to
prevent and to heal is to make life sustainable. The moment of truth can no longer
be postponed. At stake is the future of humankind and even of life on planet Earth.
Reductionist determinism informs the obsession with progress at any cost. Awareness
of the fact that the human condition transcends that of the matter in which it is
embodied explains, and indeed justifies, the call to Disrupt Science in its current
state. The age of the digital machine, in particular of artificial intelligence, is
one of opportunities that pale when compared to its inherent risks. The record of
breakdowns (including so-called natural disasters), by now global in scale, is part
of the empirical premise for the call for completing the Cartesian Revolution. A “Second
Revolution in Science” could unleash humanity's remaking, free of surrendering to
want. Science has the opportunity not only to measure everything--life included--and
accumulate data and process it for its own sake, but also to realize its meaning.
The future matters.
Sujet(s) : Intelligence computationnelle
Dynamique
Théories non linéaires
Indice(s) Dewey :
006.3 (23e éd.) = Intelligence artificielle et calcul naturel
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783031439575. - ISBN 3031439570
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47498756g
Notice n° :
FRBNF47498756
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