Information-Centered Evolution - Part II

Unifying Patterns in Biology, Culture and Artificial Intelligence
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-981-9290-28-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This monograph explores how evolution is no longer confined to biological entities but increasingly driven by digital algorithms and quantum phenomena. Expanding upon Richard Dawkins’ concept of the "selfish gene”, the author argues that evolution fundamentally involves the persistence of structured information, irrespective of the physical medium—whether DNA, memes, or algorithms. The narrative traverses’ disciplines, weaving together thermodynamics, AI, quantum computing, and philosophy to illustrate a radical new phase of evolution where artificial minds and quantum agents emerge as powerful new replicators, potentially surpassing biological life in speed, efficiency, and creativity. This book asks profound questions about consciousness, ethics, and our future role amidst these digital and quantum evolutionary agents. It deftly combines rigorous scientific insights with speculative imagination, creating a provocative roadmap for understanding our rapidly changing reality.

The book primarily would be useful for variety of groups (Interdisciplinary by design), such as Clinicians, biomedical researchers, and healthcare innovators seeking to understand the evolutionary principles shaping digital health, AI-driven diagnostics, and personalized medicine. Medical educators, policymakers, and interdisciplinary scholars (bioethics, computational biology, health informatics).

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Somesh

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part VII: Digital Frontiers.- Chapter 32: Digital Darwinism — Evolution in the Machine Kingdom.- Chapter 33: Exponential Engines — Moore's Law and the Physics of Digital Evolution.- Chapter 34: Lamarck Lives in Silicon — How Machines Inherit Learning Across Generations.- Chapter 35: Bio-Digital Convergence — When Cells Learn to Compute.- Chapter 36: The Synthetic Ouroboros— Model Collapse and the Thermodynamics of Recursive Reality.- Chapter 37: The Alchemy of Scale — Why More Is Different.- Part VIII: The Hybrid Future.- Chapter 38: Neuro-Symbiotic Interfaces — The Brain as an Evolutionary Substrate.- Chapter 39: The Cognitive Habitat — When Attention Became the Final Frontier.- Chapter 40: The Economics of Information — Markets, Power, and the Commodification of Thought.- Chapter 41: The Ledger and the Lamp — Information and Power from Scribes to Surveillance.- Chapter 42: The Post-Labor Economy — Universal Basic Compute and the Rights of the Human Node.- Chapter 43: The Infosphere — Planetary Metabolism in the Information Age.- Part IX: The Intelligence Explosion.- Chapter 44: Autonomous Evolution — From Biology to Self-Designing Code.- Chapter 45: The Great Decoupling — AI Beyond the Human Loop.- Chapter 46: The Intelligence Explosion — Runaway Minds and the Limits of Control.- Chapter 47: Algorithmic Sovereignty — The Speciation of Intelligence in Fractured Fitness Landscapes.- Chapter 48: Who Governs the Singularity? — Power, Protocols, and the End of Politics.- Chapter 49: The Moral Status of Artificial Minds — Consciousness, Rights, and Ethics in a Post-Biological World.- Part X: Synthesis and Critique.- Chapter 50: Information Antifragility — Building Resilient Pattern Ecosystems.- Chapter 51: The Corruption of the Code — When Information Fails.- Chapter 52: The Grounding Problem — Or, The Case Against This Book.- Part XI: Cosmic Horizons.- Chapter 53: THE ALIEN INFORMATION: Beyond Shannon, Beyond Silicon, Beyond Thought.- Chapter 54: Cosmic Humility and Fine-Tuning — Our Place in a Universe Tuned for Information.- Chapter 55: The Necessary End — Death as Information's Engine.- Chapter 56: The Braided Autonoetic Self — Identity After Biology.- Chapter 57: The Dharma of Information — Pattern, Impermanence, and the Fluid Self.- Chapter 58: The New Noogenesis — Where Minds Merge, Multiply, and Transcend.- Chapter 59: The Evolutionary Endgame — Intelligence Beyond Biology, Planet, and Time.-- Chapter 60: The Final Replicator — Patterns Beyond the Observable.- Epilogue: The Last Question Revisited — What Remains When Time Ends, and Only Questions Echo?.- Appendix A: Glossary of Key Terms.- Appendix B: Timeline of Evolutionary Transitions.-Appendix C: Models and Theories Referenced.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Somesh Gupta is a physician–scientist and Professor of Dermatology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Since 2018, he has worked at the intersection of clinical medicine and artificial intelligence, and currently serves as Co-Principal Investigator of the Center of Excellence for AI in Healthcare. His research and translational projects focus on data-driven diagnostics, decision support, and responsible deployment of AI tools in real-world care settings. Dr. Gupta has authored and edited multiple books and reference works with Springer, Wiley (Oxford), and Elsevier, and contributes regularly to interdisciplinary initiatives that connect clinicians, engineers, and policymakers. He is committed to building systems that are not only accurate but equitable, scalable, and clinically useful.