Hofstadter Book Recommendations
This cluster consists of comments recommending Douglas Hofstadter's books such as Gödel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop, often in the context of discussions on AI consciousness, self-reference, and intelligence.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/opinion/ai-chatgpt-consci...Did you read his book Godel Escher Bach? It's a good book. CS people love it as it's all about recursion and puzzles.
You might be interested in reading Douglas Hofstadter's book I Am A Strange Loop.
Sounds like you might be interested in reading GEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach
If you haven't yet, be sure to check out Hofstadter's other two works in the same mould (it's kinda a series) as GEB:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind%27s_Ihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_LoopAlso - you might enjoy Kevin Kell
I highly recommend checking out "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins [1] - an amazing book where the author of this paper elaborates on his theory (as of 2004).Also, I'm currently reading "I Am a Strange Loop" by Douglas Hofstadter [2], it's relevant to this topic and super fascinating. I bet you'll enjoy reading it![1] https://www.audi
Obligatory book recommendation in that regard "I Am a Strange Loop", by Douglas R. Hofstadter
You may be interested in Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel Etcher Bach, or if you are into something shorter, 'I am a strange loop', by the same author.
I think you may be referring to “The Emperor’s New Mind” [1][1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Mind
I defer to Douglas Hofstadter:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bachhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop
Theres an interesting book about this “I am a Strange Loop” written by Douglas Hofstadter