Castillo Vicci, Alberto
Entry updated 31 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
(1938- ) Venezuelan author and retired professor emeritus who has published twelve books about artificial intelligence (see AI) and the fundamentals of science. His Cuentos esotéricos ["Esoteric Tales"] (coll 2008) won the Premio de Narrativa "La Tuna de Oro" presented by Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrés Bello in 2008. In this collection, he extends some logical, scientific, philosophical and theological theories beyond their own limits. In 2011 he won the Bienal Miguel Ramón Utrera with his collection «Memorias de Mabil» ["Mabil Memories"] which is still unpublished and not sf. In his novel Demiurgo, S.A. (Fábrica de Utopías) ["Demiurge Inc. (Utopias Factory)"] (2012) the author shows us a procedure for rewriting the human code and making a new Utopia without our present troubles. Ciberpresidente ["Cyberpresident"] (2013) is a thriller in which a Machine can control the minds of all people who see the image of the cyberpresident; so those who operate the machine can control the world. [SS]
Alberto Castillo Vicci
born Barquisimeto, Venezuela: 2 May 1938
works (selected)
- 1950, radionovelas, platillos voladores y otras leyendas urbanas ["1950, Radio Soap Operas, Flying Saucers and Other Urban Legends"] (Barquisimeto, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, 2005) [coll: pb/]
- Cuentos esotéricos ["Esoteric Tales"] (Caracas, Venezuela: Fundación Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrés Bello, 2008) [coll: ebook: na/]
- Demiurgo, S.A. (Fábrica de Utopías) ["Demiurge Inc. (Utopias Factory)"] (Madrid, Spain: Studio Productions, 2012) [ebook: ebook: na/]
- Ciberpresidente ["Cyberpresident"] (Boston, Massachusetts: CBH Books, 2013) [pb/]
nonfiction
- Machina ratiocinatrix (en busca del razonamiento automático) ["Machina Ratiocinatrix (In Search of Automated Reasoning)"] (Caracas, Venezuela: Banco Consolidado, 1993) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Crítica a la teoría computacional de la mente ["Critique of the Computational Theory of Mind"] (Barquisimeto, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, 1997) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Técnica y meta-técnica de la computación ["Computer Technique and Metatechnique"] (Barquisimeto, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, 1999) with Douglas Jiménez and Alfredo Vallota [nonfiction: pb/]
- Ciencia y misticismo ... hoy ["Science and Mysticism Today"] (Barquisimeto, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, 2001) [nonfiction: pb/]
- Retrato intelectual de Bertrand Russell ["Bertrand Russell Intellectual Portrait"] (Barquisimeto, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado, 2009) [nonfiction: pb/]
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