Emergence
by John H. Holland · first published 1999
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When I first read John Holland's book on Emergence it opened my eyes to an exciting new field. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0738201421 I'm not sure if we can solve AI in an 8 bit cellular automata, but the general concept of intelligence emerging versus…
on “Emergent Intelligence” ↗…recommendations I've picked up over the years: - Lewin, Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos [2] (recommended for a gentle introduction with history) - Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science [3] - Holland, Emergence: From Chaos To Order [4] - Holland, Signals and Boundaries: Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems [5] - Holland, Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity [6] (unread but part of the series)…
on “The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems” ↗My favourite essay on Emergence is by one of the founders of its investigation, John Holland: http://www.philosophica.ugent.be/fulltexts/59-2.pdf
on “What is emergence?” ↗