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Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence―plant, animal, human, artificial―and how they transform our understanding of humans’ place in the cosmos. What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans or shared with other beings―beings of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon? The last few years have seen rapid advances in “artificial” intelligence. But rather than a friend or companion, AI increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined, an alien invention that threatens to decenter and supplant us. At the same time, we’re only just becoming aware of the other intelligences that have been with us all along, even if we’ve failed to recognize or acknowledge them. These others―the animals, plants, and natural systems that surround us―are slowly revealing their complexity, agency, and knowledge, just as the technologies we’ve built to sustain ourselves are threatening to cause their extinction and ours. What can we learn from them, and how can we change ourselves, our technologies, our societies, and our politics to live better and more equitably with one another and the nonhuman world? The artist and maverick thinker James Bridle draws on biology and physics, computation, literature, art, and philosophy to answer these unsettling questions. Startling and bold, Ways of Being explores the fascinating, strange, and multitudinous forms of knowing, doing, and being that make up the world, and that are essential for our survival. Includes illustrations Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador Paper; Reprint edition (June 20, 2023)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250872960


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 68


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.35 x 1 x 8.2 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #58,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #5 in Optics for Physics #22 in Animal Behavior & Communication #128 in Artificial Intelligence & Semantics


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    • Humans are too solipsistic when evaluating consciousness
This book is exciting It touches on quantum physics and uses studies of plant and animal awareness, as well as ancient archaeological finds, to expand the reader’s mind regarding how perception of the “Umwelt” (the surrounding ) varies among species. Knowing how this can occur gives us a more positive understanding of and empathy for other creatures we formerly thought of simply as inferior to humans. It also gives a more hopeful prediction of how we can use and control AI ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023 by joseph crowley
    • A Mind Opening Book
For anyone interested in how we got to where we are and getting a good idea of how we might better get to where we all would like to go on this planet, this is an amazing book. Ways of Being traces the origins and evolution of many separate species and shows how all are related and interdependent. It becomes very clear that to keep our planet and ALL life thriving as much as possible, we need to recognize that if harm is done one place it affects the whole planet. The solutions to the challenges we face are known but it will require us to be the caretakers of the planet we are meant to be. Please read this book - it makes the dangers clear but also offers us achievable solutions. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023 by John A Brodie
    • Simply Amazing
Quite simply, this book will blow your mind! Planetary, if not cosmic, in its scope, it will take your thoughts to where they've never been, and your heart will go along for the ride, too. It's a necessary corrective to the shallow, uncritical thinking that afflicts to many inhuman inhabitants of this globe. Get a copy, read and ponder.... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2023 by Amazon Customer
    • It is a beautiful book
I have only just begun to read it. It is heady and takes concentration. I will stay with it as it is interesting and informative.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2022 by Jane W. Smith
    • fantastic read
Author offers ideas and concepts and makes the case for change. Concepts that we need to absorb and ponder to make the changes we have to make to safe our Mother Earth and ourselves. We need to have reverence for all of that surrounds us. Be doing that, we are saving ourselves. A must read
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2022 by Andres
    • Great material in serious need of an editor
I found myself skimming a fair amount of material because it could be tedious and repetitive. That said, it's a very good example of, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2022 by Will Corsair
    • relationship
The author explores the relationship between humans and nature and extrapolates a way ahead for the way we engage and leverage artificial intelligence.
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2022 by Dale B. Woodhouse
    • Very interesting well-researched book
A book full of fascinating information regarding technology, computers, biology, our planet, and how the only way forward is: together.
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