'Startling in scope and bravado.' The New York Times A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and who Bill Gates calls 'the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.' 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 ...
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'Startling in scope and bravado.' The New York Times A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and who Bill Gates calls 'the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.' 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. PRAISE FOR THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR 'Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.' Los Angeles Times 'Elaborate, smart and persuasive.' The Boston Globe 'A pleasure to read.' The Wall Street Journal An Amazon Best Science Book of 2005 A CBS News Best Autumn Books of 2005 A St Louis Post-Dispatch Best Nonfiction Book of 2005
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Seller's Description:
Ex-library book. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.
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Seller's Description:
Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.
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Fair. Has corner dings, bends, and/or page curls. Creases on cover and/or spine. Discoloration on cover or page edges. Some pages have been creased and no longer lay completely flat.
Book arrived in all most mint condition from seller. No highlighting or marks ever found.
Well written for anyone in continuous learning in liberal arts as well as biological studies.
Narrow-minded readers beware.
Peter1234
Jul 17, 2008
Fantastic Voyage to the Future
Do you find that the pace of life has increased but you just ascribe that to aging? Do you think that the computing revolution slowed down with the dot-com bubble bursting? Do you think the possiblities of solar energy being a significant source of power are far in the future? If you could see from history that all of these things have been growing at a steadily accelerating rate from recorded and paleolithic history would you acknowledge the possibility that at some time in the future technology will be able to marry the electronic and bological worlds? Ray Kurzweil lays out the case that the "Singularity", the marriage of the electronic and biological worlds, is occuring now and will be a reality in the next two decades. Further, with this will come a further acceleration in the growth of human driven intelligence and exploitation of technology. This is a bit of a technical read but a fascinating view of what the future will be.
