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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology | 
 enlarge | Author: Ray Kurzweil
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 5902
Media: Paperback
Pages: 672
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 0143037889
Dewey Decimal Number: 660
EAN: 9780143037880
ASIN: 0143037889
Publication Date: September 26, 2006
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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.
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 Brilliant and Compelling January 3, 2009
Paul W. Sauer (Fremont, California)
One of the most influential books I've ever read. Extremely well researched and very clearly written. I look at the next 20-30 years quite differently now as a result of reading this book.
Thought Provoking and Inspiring December 26, 2008
Yick Tak Ming (Hong Kong, China)
A lot of facts about new developments in technologies coupled with inspiring ideas. Fun and exciting to read.
The Singularity October 13, 2008
A. Weiszmann (Chicago)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a true Futurist , Ray Kurzweil really reaches out to the future of knowledge and AI. His predictions that computers will increasingly take over routine human functions ends up where computers will outstrip humans by 2030. It sounds a bit daunting but fear not computers will be made safe until one named HAL comes along sometime later.
His chart showing how the rate of change is accellerating is right on target. Unfortunately global warming could fall into that prediction. As human knowledge doubles every few years now we can expect some really fantastic things to happen. Be ready for some real, excitement ahead. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Insightful, but not gripping September 13, 2008
Greg Hadaller (Cape Canaveral, Florida USA)
Very interesting. Author has thought a lot about the topic -- not just surface-level hype that is so common nowadays. But the text drags in some chapters. I'd like to see around 100 of the 500 pages cut out.
Really makes you wonder August 30, 2008
James Ridgway (San Diego, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brilliant is the best word to describe this work. Kurzweil has brought the future into something of a focus with this amazing look into the future. What really makes this work is that you can't 'see' exactly what the future will be even though he brings you further along than you have been. We can't see past the singularity - it will be something amazing - but we cannot truly conceive of what will be.
This will change the way you view our world and the future of our race.
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