Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things..
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In many ways, the 20th century has been the Age of Physics. Out of Control is an accessible and entertaining explanation of why the coming years will probably be the Age of Biology -- particularly evolution and ethology -- and what this will mean to most every aspect of our society. Kelly is an enthusiastic and well-informed guide who explains the promises and implications of this rapidly evolving revolution very well.
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Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things..
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This book is a fascinating roller-coaster ride through a host of emerging technologies which will no doubt have an influence on all our futures. Kevin Kelly demonstrates quite convincingly how the technological is becoming more biological. Artificial intelligence, robotics and our knowledge of ants and bees has produced insect-like robots capable of smart collective behaviour. Genetics, evolutionary theory and massively parallel connectionist machines (the fastest computers on the planet) are yielding emerging fields like evolutionary software design where the computer code is "bred" rather than being written. Open, closed, complex, self-organising, centrally controlled and distributed systems are all examined and contrasted, including everything from Borgian libraries to zero-sum games. Kelly tells us of his personal experience in Biosphere II, and contrasts the paradigmatic differences between the made and the born. What is made by us tends to be minimal, mechanical, predictable and maintenance intensive (even in our "autonomous" systems). By contrast, when we consider the different magnitudes of information in a blueprint compared with a DNA strand, we see that the born is vastly more complex, organic, unpredictable and constantly adapting to environmental changes.
The book on the whole is accessible and a real technological page turner. It will be of particular interest to anyone with some background in computing, artificial intelligence, biology, information theory or cognitive science.
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Kelly's book is certainly thought-provoking and entertaining but in the end I couldn't escape the nagging sense that I was reading a corporate brochure commissioned by Wintel. Sure, the idea that a higher intelligence can emerge from a network of lower organisms, as a hive emerges out of a swarm of bees, can be a liberating one; as if maybe millions of bored drones keystroking in their cubicles, contrary to what common sense and Dilbert will tell you, are collectively making something brilliant.
What Kelly and other copywriters of the digital era (like Negroponte) forget is that good science writing has to have at least a healthy smidgen of skepticism, and here that might include looking at some of the bugs inherent in the system: such as what it's like to stare at a computer all day, or work in a chip factory in southeast asia, or how technology has put a lot of people out of work. Kelly forgets that hive-like societies, whether formed of bees or Microsoft employees, tend to de-value the individual at the expense of conformity. I have yet to see a human hive, networked by whatever brand of computer, that could create something like a work of art that could move me, not that such things matter anymore. I'll take Beethoven anyday.
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Good points: very readable and thought provoking. Bad points: terrible use of sources and a shallow examination of the book's premises and implications.
Kelley interviewed and quoted scientists on fuzzy subjects outside their expertise, and then quoted marketing and PR folks about the scientists' work. It's as if he interviewed people until someone said what he wanted to hear, and then he used that quote regardless of the speaker's credentials.
Kelley suggests that we'd really like homes filled with "biological" appliances, but never explores the practical implications of having to house train a "biological" washing machine or teach your toaster what "done" means. Perhaps he has never dealt with pets or children. Kelley also loses sight of the difference between the real world and cyberspace: this may be a fashionable literary trick but it's not especially practical when one is cold or hungry. I did my disseration work in robotics and I found his expectations of biological machines to be shallow and downright silly
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The author lost his self-control!
This is a fascinating, well-written account of the popular notion that physics is dead and that the model for the future is biology. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Dezember 2003 von Professor Joseph L. McCauley
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The author is out of control
This is a fascinating, well-written account of the popular notion that physics is dead and that the model for the future is biology. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Juni 2000 von Professor Joseph L. McCauley
5.0 von 5 Sternen
Co-Evolution of Man and Machine
Kevin has produced what I regard as one of the top five books of this decade. A very tough read but worth the effort. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. April 2000 von Robert David STEELE Vivas
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Outstanding
One of the most eye-opening and thought-provoking books I have ever read
Veröffentlicht am 3. Januar 2000 von bbb1
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A must to learn how technology will change our lives
A very convincing book, describing the relationship between technology and life. It certainly helped me to further expand my thoughts on the network economy. In one word: great!
Veröffentlicht am 1. September 1999 von Frank Smits
4.0 von 5 Sternen
Great
Great fantastic. I usually dont give 4 or 5 stars for my boo
Am 17. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
5.0 von 5 Sternen
Highly recommended for anyone interested in the future.
Love this book. A great introduction to a world of ideas and concepts about evolution and technologies that are already shaping our (near) future. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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Biologie, Sozialwissenschaften treffen Infiormatik und BWL
Über alle Grenzen wissenschaftlicher Elfenbeintürme hinweg schreibt Kevin Kelly ein richtungsweisendes 700-seitiges Werk, in welchem er sich auf die Suche nach... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Oktober 1998 von rguenther@bmp-ag.com
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A good book but it overstays its welcome
The first few chapters of this book supplied me with the momentum to keep going. Things are not organized well enough to hold a reader's interest once the initial ideas are shot... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. September 1998 veröffentlicht
5.0 von 5 Sternen
-May be hard to follow, but that's the subject-
This is a superb book of systems thinking, systems processes and systems understanding - of complexity. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. September 1998 veröffentlicht
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