Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self

Robert W. Clowes

Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self

Robert W. Clowes

Instituto de Filosofia da NOVA (IFILNOVA)

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Abstract

Recent years have seen an explosion in the production and use of technologies that allow us to record, store and recall ever-increasing amounts of information about our lives. Some welcome these trends as offering new possibilities for self-understanding and expression. Others think that things have already gone too far and worry deeply about what the future might hold. Does mem-tech really promise (or threaten) a radical change to the cognitive profile of human beings? If so, how are we to assess the possibilities and attempt to understand whether they offer a hopeful or dangerous turn in the human condition? This paper attempts to develop a balanced understanding of current trends in mem-tech and also consider some of its more probable future trends. In so doing it identifies four factors about the new memory devices: Capaciousness; incorporability; autonomy; and entanglement that suggest not just technical, but important psychological implications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy
Subtitle of host publication	Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012
Editors	J. M. Bishop, Y. J. Erden
Place of Publication	Birmingham
Publisher	The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour
Pages	4-13
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781908187116
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012
Event	AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012 - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Conference	AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	2/07/12 → 6/07/12

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Clowes, R. W. (2012). Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self. In J. M. Bishop, & Y. J. Erden (Eds.), AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012 (pp. 4-13). The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour. http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbpublications/93-aisb/publications/proceedings/91

Clowes, Robert W. / Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self. AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012. editor / J. M. Bishop ; Y. J. Erden. Birmingham : The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, 2012. pp. 4-13

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Clowes, RW 2012, Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self. in JM Bishop & YJ Erden (eds), AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012. The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, Birmingham, pp. 4-13, AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2/07/12. <http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbpublications/93-aisb/publications/proceedings/91>

Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self. / Clowes, Robert W.
AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012. ed. / J. M. Bishop; Y. J. Erden. Birmingham: The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, 2012. p. 4-13.

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Clowes RW. Hybrid memory, cognitive technology and self. In Bishop JM, Erden YJ, editors, AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio-Machine Hybrids, Part of Alan Turing Year 2012. Birmingham: The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour. 2012. p. 4-13

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