Ray Kurzweil
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| Original Title: | The Singularity Is Near |
| ISBN: | 0143037889 (ISBN13: 9780143037880) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. 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.List Epithetical Books The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
| Title | : | The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology |
| Author | : | Ray Kurzweil |
| Book Format | : | Trade Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 652 pages |
| Published | : | September 26th 2006 by Penguin (first published September 22nd 2005) |
| Categories | : | Science. Nonfiction. Technology. Philosophy. Futurism. Artificial Intelligence. Singularity |
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This starts with the thesis: Technological change is exponential!This has been true for many measures such as micro-processor size, cost of mass-produced goods, etc.It is not, however, a general rule of thumb to apply blindly to all things "technological"!This seems to be Kurzweil's big mistake.He extrapolates features of technology to an unrealistic infinity.For example, Moor's law is running up against the quantum limit, so micro-processor size is exponential up to a fast-approaching limit.To
Tired of sleeping peacefully? Do you feel a bit to contented and secure as you go about your daily business? Has your overwhelming sense of anxiety and ennui drifted to a mere background drone rather then an overpowering howl?Then dear friends this is the book for you! Guaranteed to make you weep softly in the night as you clutch your knees to your chest! Certified to make you stop showering! Neglect your loved ones and friends because damnit what's the point!!?!?! Darkly contemplate your razor
Ray Kurzweil's Singularity Is Near is an argument for a technology singularity coming in the near future, a time when machines will have and be able to make other machines with intelligence comparable to human beings, and he expects this to happen in year 2045. Kurzweil predicts that at some point after this machine production of other machines that human beings and other machines will be indistinguishable.I am agnostic about the truth of the thesis, my complaints instead being about the writing
This review is from: The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Kindle Edition)Ray Kurzweil is a brilliant inventor, writer and scientist who has more than earned his reputation as the best-known futurist in the world today.The last time I saw him was on television in 2012 speaking at a spot on the Super Bowl. You or your parents may remember him when he first appeared as a boy genius on a major television show before the world had any idea of the impact computers would make--others
Kurzweil has made a living of being a futurist and an inventor. Many of his inventions are the result of his predictions coming true, so there is good reason to listen to what he has to say on the topic. The main idea is that the evolution of technology is not linear (as most people think) but exponential. This exponential development of key technologies leads to dramatic changes in human history over relatively short periods of time. Good examples include the internet and cell phones. The book
Perhaps I will revisit this book and its subject matter relatively soon, let me just say that not long after reading parts of this work I definitely count what is called "transhumanism" to be the "World's Most Dangerous Idea". Perhaps if someone could explain to me these concepts in terms of why a human being with a shred of moral responsibility would even be slightly interested in pursuing the goal of much of what is discussed herein, I might reconsider my judgment. Perhaps if what is discussed
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