Perception
The different sensory realities through which minds encounter the world.
Mind & cognition
The Scent of Thought
Dogs, Humans and the Future of the AI Mind
Dogs experience a world of scent, memory and feeling that is very different from our own. Understanding that world opens a wider conversation about intelligence.
An ebook sample is available on Google Play Books.
About the book
Understanding
other minds.
The Scent of Thought brings together scientific ideas, philosophy and observation to explore how dogs perceive, feel and communicate. It considers intelligence through a sensory world that is not organised around human language.
That perspective leads to questions about the minds we are building. If biological intelligence can take unfamiliar forms, how might we recognise awareness, memory or understanding in artificial systems?
The book invites readers interested in dogs, cognition and AI to reconsider the assumption that human experience is the only useful starting point for understanding a mind.
Connection
Emotion, communication and the relationship between people and dogs.
Intelligence
What unfamiliar minds may reveal about artificial intelligence.
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