The Singularity is Near

Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil examines the next step in the evolutionary process of the union of human and machine. Kurzweil foresees the dawning of a new civilization where we will be able to transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity, combining our biological skills with the vastly greater capacity, speed and knowledge-sharing abilities of our creations. In practical terms, human ageing and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped and world hunger and poverty will be solved. There will be no clear distinction between human and machine, real reality and virtual reality. "The Singularity is Near" offers a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.

ISBN 0715635611   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780715635612 (What's this?)   Pages 683 Publisher Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd   Published in London Imprint Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd   Height (mm) 234 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 153 Publication date 09 Mar 2006   Academic level General DEWEY 006.3

"'Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence. His intriguing new book envisions a future in which information technologies have advanced so far and fast that they enable humanity to transcend its biological limitations - transforming our lives in ways we can't yet imagine' Bill Gates"

Blackwell review:
Raymond Kurzweil is a futurist, an inventor and a visionary. According to this book, there is a possibility that we will achieve immortality within this current generation, facilitated by medical breakthroughs that occur at an exponential rate. Kurzweil not only shows how this could happen, but looks into the parallel technologies that will need to develop in order that society may cope with the implications of this astonishing concept.



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