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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Ray Kurzweil

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A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development by "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence" (Bill Gates).

At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents 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.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 652 pages

Publication:: 2006

Publisher:: Penguin

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0143037889

ISBN13:: 9780143037880

kindle Asin:: B000QCSA7C

The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Ray Kurzweil

3.93/5 (10195 ratings)

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A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development by "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence" (Bill Gates).

At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents 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.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 652 pages

Publication:: 2006

Publisher:: Penguin

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0143037889

ISBN13:: 9780143037880

kindle Asin:: B000QCSA7C

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