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 ...
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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.
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Add this copy of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology to cart. $17.13, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2006 by Penguin Books.
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.
