The singularity is near
when humans transcend biology
by Ray Kurzweil
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A controversial scientific vision 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.
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Brain, Evolution, Genetics, Human evolution, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Nonfiction, Science, Sociology, Technology, Nanotechnologie, Cerveau, Évolution, Robotique, Neural Networks (Computer), Génétique, Artificial Intelligence, Homme, Popular works, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Développement humain, Future Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Robots, Nanotechnologies, 58.30 biotechnology, Genetique, Entwicklung, Rocks, Computer Neural Networks, Evolutionary biology, Gesellschaft, Wissenschaftlich-technischer Fortschritt, Biological Evolution, Robotik, Brain, evolution| Edition | Availability |
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The Singularity Is Near
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Electronic resource
in English
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
September 26, 2006, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
0143037889 9780143037880
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The singularity is near: when humans transcend biology
2005, Viking/Penguin Group, Viking Adult
Hardcover
in English
0670033847 9780670033843
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
September 22, 2005, Viking Adult
Hardcover
in English
0670033847 9780670033843
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"I am not sure when I first became aware of the Singularity."
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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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