Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Paperback Septemby Ray Kurzweil (Author) 4.4 1,742 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 12.81 41 Used from 4.72 7 New from 42.75 8 Collectible from 24. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. One of CBS News's Best Fall Books of 2005 Among St Louis Post-Dispatch's Best Nonfiction Books of 2005 One of 's Best Science Books of 2005Ī radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and The Singularity is Nearer who Bill Gates calls "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence"įor over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. "A pleasure to read." - The Wall Street Journal The noted inventor and futurists successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come Since it was first. "Elaborate, smart and persuasive." - The Boston Globe superhuman A product of a technological singularity that rippled through the. "Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world." - Los Angeles Times From the jungles of the Sahara to the fragile grassland of the Amazon.
"Startling in scope and bravado." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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