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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corethree Jan 23, 2024 View on HN

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.

0x100000 Sep 18, 2016 View on HN

You might be interested in reading Douglas Hofstadter's book I Am A Strange Loop.

mehmeta Mar 24, 2012 View on HN

Sounds like you might be interested in reading GEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach

cr0sh Feb 5, 2019 View on HN

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

rayalez Oct 15, 2018 View on HN

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

groestl May 2, 2024 View on HN

Obligatory book recommendation in that regard "I Am a Strange Loop", by Douglas R. Hofstadter

PartiallyTyped Jan 31, 2021 View on HN

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.

hackpert Jun 9, 2018 View on HN

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

mirimir Mar 31, 2017 View on HN

I defer to Douglas Hofstadter:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bachhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop

dlwdlw Aug 14, 2018 View on HN

Theres an interesting book about this “I am a Strange Loop” written by Douglas Hofstadter