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At the present time, the most complex and capable information-processing systems are the biological organisms. In this chapter we will investigate how the general principles of information science are embodied in particular biological information processing systems in order to gain an appreciation for the variety of realizations that they may have.
The present state of Artificial (Machine) Intelligence has deep within it a strange paradox. It is just those aspects of control and the selection of relevant from irrelevant data which are the most difficult to mechanize—though they were the first problems to be solved by organisms.
—R.L. Gregory
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Resnikoff, H.L. (1989). Biological Signal Detection and Information Processing. In: The Illusion of Reality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3474-6_5
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