INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APOCALYPTICISM

This is an introduction to the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Apocalypticism, which resulted from a conference hosted by the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM) in Bedford, UK. The introduction provides a brief history of scholarly work in the intersections of apocalypticism and artificial intelligence and of the emergence of CenSAMM from a millenarian religious community, the Panacea Society. It concludes by pointing toward the contributions of the symposium's essays.     

CREATORS AND CREATURES: THE CREATION ACCOUNT IN GENESIS AND THE IDEA OF THE ARTIFICIAL HUMANOID

Science fiction, this article argues, provides an imaginative domain which can offer a unique understanding of the interaction between science and religion. Such an interaction is particularly present in the idea of the artificial humanoid as brought to life in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the recent television series Westworld. Both revolve around the theme of a moral relation between scientist creator and humanoid creature in accord with a norm that first took shape in the biblical account of God's creation of the first human beings. At the same time, these works of fiction cast light on the contrast between the biblical account and the Mesopotamian myths of creation. In the manner of Frankenstein and Westworld, science fiction can integrate the perspective of science with that of the biblical tradition.     

"人造美人"的几个法律问题--兼与孙福川教授商榷

针对2004年<医学与哲学>第7期孙福川教授<对"人造美人"医学的十大人文拷问>一文,提出自己的观点,认为"人造美人"是临床医疗行为,其出现并没有偏离医学的目的,"人造美人"的法律主体地位应是患者,因人造美人而出现的纠纷可以适用于处理医疗纠纷的相关法律、法规,同时造美广告也是医疗广告.     

胸外科器械吻合与手工吻合的利弊权衡

胸外科器械吻合技术在临床应用日益广泛,已经影响了传统的手工吻合技术。器械吻合和传统外科在有效治疗病人的同时,面临着复杂的技术和经济问题。外科医生如何面对和选择,已成为临床决策过程中亟待解决的问题。     

"人工美女"意味着什么--浅析"人工美女"效应

"人工美女"的产生是社会进步、思想开放的结果,也是市场经济发展结果.一方面,社会进步、思想开放,给予美容受术者以足够的尊重和理解,使他们有了选择不同生活方式的自由,敢于公开"露脸";另一方面,市场经济的发展使她们愿意公开"露脸".而商家为谋取经济利益,打着"人工美女"的旗号,刻意进行商业炒作,将伤及广大消费者,危及美容外科行业.我们应以科学的态度、实事求是的精神予以坚决抵制,倡导在追求形体美和容貌美的同时,注重心灵美的培养,营造出一种真、善、美的社会环境.     

天使之吻还是魔鬼之恋--对"医学整形美容热"的哲学困惑和价值存疑

当代医学罔顾主体深层危机和机制缺损,正危险地迎合着"造美风潮",从而使整形美容医学不断走向极端化,很值得理论医学界及时反思.医学应当履行"解社会之痛"之使命,而不能满足于"搔社会之瘁"."人工美女"的横空出世,是商业化炒作和恶俗化的医疗技术相结合的"尤物",是对医学核心价值体系的恣肆扭曲和嘲弄,更会引起哲学上的困惑和招致重大医学问题.     

内隐学习研究方法述评

内隐学习自提出以来就成为认知心理学研究的热点,近40年内隐学习领域的研究在本质上都基于几种经典的研究方法和实验逻辑。本文拟对这些代表性的内隐学习研究方法做系统的介绍和归纳。     

What Can Artificial Intelligence Learn from Wittgenstein＇s On Certainty？.

Meta-philosophically speaking, the philosophy of artificial intelligence （AI） is intended not only to explore the theoretical possibility of building ＂thinking machines,＂ but also to reveal philosophical implications of specific AI approaches. Wittgenstein＇s comments on the analytic/empirical dichotomy may offer inspirations for AI in the second sense. According to his ＂river metaphor＂ in On Certainty, the analytic/empirical boundary should be delimited in a way sensitive to specific contexts of practical reasoning. His proposal seems to suggest that any cognitive modeling project needs to render the system context-sensitive by avoiding representing large amounts of truisms in its cognitive processes, otherwise neither representational compactness nor computational efficiency can be achieved. In this article, different AI approaches （like the Common Sense Law of Inertia approach, the Bayesian approach and the connectionist approach） will be critically evaluated under the afore-mentioned Wittgensteinian criteria, followed by the author＇s own constructive suggestion on what AI needs to try to do in the near future.