The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
by Ray Kurzweil
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Author: Ray KurzweilEdition: Paperback
Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN: 0143037889
Number of pages: 672
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The book presents an interesting premise that humans will evolve from purely biological to biological/technological and ultimately to technological beings. Whether or not Kurzweil has gotten the time frame right is the question. If he is right, humans are only 20 to 30 years from this singularity. A most thought provoking read.
Summary of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
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.Biotechnology Books
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