The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

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 t...

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#sigmundralf
not as good as age of ... but ok.

+0 2 out of 3 #sigmundralf liked it (2 months ago)
#inri
One of the iconic works of transhumanist literature. Kurzweil has made his personal fortune in predicting technological trends, and that gift shines here.

+0 3 out of 3 #inri loved it (3 months ago)
bencoder
Exponential technological progress leads to very interesting conclusions. Pretty much the modern transhumanist bible.

+0 3 out of 3 bencoder loved it (7 months ago)
Infornographer
An incredibly insightful introduction to the realm of possibility brought about by the exponential growth in science and technology.

+0 3 out of 3 Infornographer loved it (8 months ago)
#rotaxano
A quote: "a future in which humans merge with machines and the pace of technological development accelerates beyond recognition The concept is aka singularity.

+0 3 out of 3 #rotaxano loved it (8 months ago)
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