{"product_id":"the-illusion-engine-the-quest-for-machine-consciousness-hardcover","title":"The Illusion Engine: The Quest for Machine Consciousness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristina Sekrst\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook opens with a simple question: what does it mean for a machine to think? Bridging philosophy, cognitive science, cybernetics, and machine learning, it connects contemporary advancements in artificial intelligence with foundational debates about mind, perception, and truth. By examining the capabilities and limitations of AI systems - including the phenomenon of AI hallucinations - it interrogates whether machines can truly 'understand' or if their intelligence is ultimately an illusion. This interdisciplinary textbook offers a timely exploration of the evolving relationship between humans and intelligent systems, shedding light on how AI challenges and reframes our understanding of cognition, knowledge, and the nature of intelligence itself and contains helpful key concept lists and summaries making it of great use to graduate students and professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristina Sekrst \u003c\/strong\u003eacquired a Ph. D. in Logic at the University of Zagreb, along with master's degrees in Cognitive Linguistics, Philosophy, Comparative Linguistics, and Croatian Language. She teaches philosophical and linguistic courses at the University of Zagreb, and, in parallel, consults as a principal software engineer in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning and AI ethics, combining academic with industrial expertise. Her industrial work includes providing consultancy for large language models for companies dealing with AI alignment, being a part of the team that discovered AI prompt injections, an issue that shaped the development of large language models. She is a co-author of one linguistics textbook, and an author of over 50 papers and talks in the field of artificial intelligence, philosophy of science and linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 305\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48330078486777,"sku":"9783032055613","price":129.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HuoiwSme3u9783032055613.webp?v=1777366952","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-illusion-engine-the-quest-for-machine-consciousness-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}