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The Singularity Is Near

When Humans Transcend Biology
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
652 Seiten
Englisch
Penguin USerschienen am26.09.2006
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence, presents an elaborate, smart, and persuasive (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development. Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. -Los Angeles Times Startling in scope and bravado. -Janet Maslin, The New York Times An important book. -The Philadelphia Inquirer 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, The Singularity Is Near presents a radical and optimistic 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.mehr
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KlappentextNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence, presents an elaborate, smart, and persuasive (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development. Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. -Los Angeles Times Startling in scope and bravado. -Janet Maslin, The New York Times An important book. -The Philadelphia Inquirer 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, The Singularity Is Near presents a radical and optimistic 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.
ZusammenfassungA controversial scientific vision by the author of The Age of Spiritual Machines predicts a time in which humans and machines will merge and create a new form of non-biological intelligence, explaining how the occurrence will solve such issues as pollution, hunger, and aging.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-14-303788-0
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2006
Erscheinungsdatum26.09.2006
Seiten652 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht684 g
Illustrationenb/w illustrations throughout
Artikel-Nr.11726883

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. ( Los Angeles Times )

A pleasure to read. ( The Wall Street Journal )

The best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence (Bill Gates)mehr

Autor

Ray Kurzweil is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Singularity Is Near and the national bestseller The Age of Spiritual Machines, among others. One of the leading inventors of our time, he won a Grammy Award for outstanding achievements in music technology in 2015 and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. He is the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation's highest honor in technology. He lives in Boston.