Massimo Negrotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 1067604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Massimo Negrotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Massimo |
| FAMILY NAME | Negrotti |
| SIGNATURE | NEGROTTI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Urbino |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The risky success of a mindless automatism
Artificial Intelligence
The current success of AI comes from the abandonment of the ambitious goals from which it was born. After remembering the most significant steps of AI, this article presents a sample of definitions of AI collected through interviews with around 700 researchers during their world conferences in Karlsruhe and Los Angeles in the 1980s. Their rereading testifies to the radical change in AI’s objectives. Without dwelling on the strictly technical aspe…
On the ‘nature’ of the ‘artificial’
Since the work by Herbert Simon, no particular attention has been paid to the distinction between conventional technology and technology directed at the reproduction of natural instances. Nevertheless, if we had a general knowledge of the methodological aspects that any attempt to reproduce natural objects or processes unavoidably requires, then we would understand why, as a rule, no artificial device can ‘converge’ to its natural counterpart and…
Hubert Dreyfus, the artificial and the perspective of a doubled philosophy
Cultural ‘demons’ as future builders
The Reality of the Artificial
Transfiguration
Daedalus and Icarus
Music and Naturoids
At a high level of abstraction, it can be shown by analogy that attempts to reproduce natural phenomena occur not only in technological endeavors but also in human communication and the arts, including music. This paper presents the parallel development of artificial devices—or “naturoids”—in the fields of technology, message communication and musical composition, highlighting the transfiguration that unavoidably affects the resulting device, mes…
Philip Ball
Naturoids
Why the Future Doesn't Come From Machines
Technological imagination and actual technological achievements have always been two very different things. Sudden and unpredictable events always seem to intervene between our visions regarding possible futures and the subsequent concrete realizations. Thus, our ideas and projects are continually being redirected. In the field of naturoids—that is, artificial systems designed to simulate certain features of natural ones—the above-mentioned tende…
Information to control, knowledge to decide
Naturoids
It is commonplace to maintain that technology will never be able to reproduce a natural object in full detail. Nevertheless, if one tries to rigorously demonstrate the methodological foundation on which such an assumption is based, one finds a number of interesting problems to clarify. This paper attempts to provide a general framework for the understanding of naturoids (man made objects that aim at reproducing some natural object), arguing that …
Towards a general theory of the artificial
The culture of the artificial
From the Artificial to the Art
The author presents the idea that all human attempts to reproduce natural objects ("exemplars") or their functions-that is, to build artificial objects or processes-unavoidably result in a transfiguration of the exemplars. After introducing the main concepts of a theory of the artificial, the author extends the theory to communication and the arts, both of which provide compelling examples of the generation of artificial objects or processes. The…
The piping of thought and the need for a permanent monitoring of the cultural effects of artificial intelligence
Cultural dynamics in the diffusion of informatics
Naturoids
From the Artificial to the Art
The author presents the idea that all human attempts to reproduce natural objects ("exemplars") or their functions-that is, to build artificial objects or processes-unavoidably result in a transfiguration of the exemplars. After introducing the main concepts of a theory of the artificial, the author extends the theory to communication and the arts, both of which provide compelling examples of the generation of artificial objects or processes. The…
Cultural dynamics in the diffusion of informatics
Cultural dynamics in the diffusion of informatics
The piping of thought and the need for a permanent monitoring of the cultural effects of artificial intelligence
From the Artificial to the Art
The author presents the idea that all human attempts to reproduce natural objects ("exemplars") or their functions-that is, to build artificial objects or processes-unavoidably result in a transfiguration of the exemplars. After introducing the main concepts of a theory of the artificial, the author extends the theory to communication and the arts, both of which provide compelling examples of the generation of artificial objects or processes. The…
Towards a general theory of the artificial
The culture of the artificial
Naturoids
It is commonplace to maintain that technology will never be able to reproduce a natural object in full detail. Nevertheless, if one tries to rigorously demonstrate the methodological foundation on which such an assumption is based, one finds a number of interesting problems to clarify. This paper attempts to provide a general framework for the understanding of naturoids (man made objects that aim at reproducing some natural object), arguing that …
Information to control, knowledge to decide
Why the Future Doesn't Come From Machines
Technological imagination and actual technological achievements have always been two very different things. Sudden and unpredictable events always seem to intervene between our visions regarding possible futures and the subsequent concrete realizations. Thus, our ideas and projects are continually being redirected. In the field of naturoids—that is, artificial systems designed to simulate certain features of natural ones—the above-mentioned tende…
Philip Ball
Naturoids
The Reality of the Artificial
Transfiguration
Daedalus and Icarus
Music and Naturoids
At a high level of abstraction, it can be shown by analogy that attempts to reproduce natural phenomena occur not only in technological endeavors but also in human communication and the arts, including music. This paper presents the parallel development of artificial devices—or “naturoids”—in the fields of technology, message communication and musical composition, highlighting the transfiguration that unavoidably affects the resulting device, mes…
Cultural ‘demons’ as future builders
Hubert Dreyfus, the artificial and the perspective of a doubled philosophy
On the ‘nature’ of the ‘artificial’
Since the work by Herbert Simon, no particular attention has been paid to the distinction between conventional technology and technology directed at the reproduction of natural instances. Nevertheless, if we had a general knowledge of the methodological aspects that any attempt to reproduce natural objects or processes unavoidably requires, then we would understand why, as a rule, no artificial device can ‘converge’ to its natural counterpart and…
Artificial Intelligence
The current success of AI comes from the abandonment of the ambitious goals from which it was born. After remembering the most significant steps of AI, this article presents a sample of definitions of AI collected through interviews with around 700 researchers during their world conferences in Karlsruhe and Los Angeles in the 1980s. Their rereading testifies to the radical change in AI’s objectives. Without dwelling on the strictly technical aspe…
The risky success of a mindless automatism
Computer Science (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Artificial Intelligence (12 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Cognitive science (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Art (8 works) · History (8 works) · Performing arts (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)