Dear IDSO'ers,
perhaps there may be some interest in a recent paper which presents
our (very personal) view of the role of Shannon information in
understanding possible paths towards the emergence of intelligent
information processing:
Polani,D., Sporns, O. and Lungarella, M. (2007). How information and
embodiment shape intelligent information processing Proc. of the 50th
Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w331p27483367u23/fulltext.pdfBest wishes,
- Daniel