The Singularity Is Near

By Ray Kurzweil

Subjects: Human evolution, Sociology, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, Neural Networks (Computer), Genetique, Nonfiction, Wissenschaftlich-technischer Fortschritt, Développement humain, Évolution, Rocks, Science, 58.30 biotechnology, Brain, evolution, Gesellschaft, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Evolution, Future Studies, Nanotechnologie, Genetics, Popular works, Artificial intelligence, Homme, Robotics, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Entwicklung, Nanotechnologies, Robotique, Computer Neural Networks, Evolutionary biology, Technology, Brain, Génétique, Robots, Biological Evolution, Cerveau, Robotik

Description: 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.