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dc.contributor.authorBarbour, Robert H.
dc.contributor.authorHopper, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-23T02:45:44Z
dc.date.available2008-10-23T02:45:44Z
dc.date.issued1994-08
dc.identifier.citationBarbour, R.H. & Hopper, K. (1994). Survival of the species vs survival of the individual . (Working paper 94/14). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1170-487X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/1143
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the relationships between human and computing entities. It develops the biological ethical imperative towards survival into a study of the forms inherent in human beings and implied in computer systems. The theory of paradoxes is used to show that a computer system cannot in general make a self-referential decision. Based upon this philosophical analysis it is argued that human and machine forms of survival are fundamentally different. Further research into the consequences of this fundamental difference is needed to ensure the diversity necessary for human survival.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Science Working Papers
dc.subjectsurvivalen_US
dc.subjectwillen_US
dc.subjectunderstandingen_US
dc.subjectmachineen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjectnatural selectionen_US
dc.subjecthalting problemen_US
dc.subjectcomputabilityen_US
dc.subjectparadoxen_US
dc.titleSurvival of the species vs survival of the individualen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
uow.relation.series94/14


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