What Is Intelligence? What Is Intelligence? Blaise Aguera y Arcas

What Is Intelligence?

From Evolution to AI: What Computing Teaches Us About Minds

by Blaise Aguera y Arcas

27 min read

About This Book

Understanding Intelligence (2025) reframes AI as an organic extension of evolution's four-billion-year experiment with learning and adaptation. Through the lens of prediction and computation, it connects bacteria to neural networks, demonstrating that intelligence surfaces whenever systems develop models of themselves and their environment. The book traces AI's journey while illuminating humanity's role in this continuing transformation.

Who Should Read This?

  • Readers fascinated by AI developments and their broader implications
  • Individuals drawn to expansive theories connecting evolution and cognition
  • Technology enthusiasts exploring computing’s historical foundations

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