The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology / Ray Kurzweil.

By:

Kurzweil, Ray [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Duckworth, 2006.Description: xvii, 652 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780715635612

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

153.98

Contents:

The six epochs -- A theory of technology evolution: the law of accelerating returns -- Achieving the computational capacity of the human brain -- Achieving the software of human intelligence: how to reverse engineer the human brain -- GNR: Three overlapping revolutions -- The impact... -- Ich bin ein singularitarian -- The deeply intertwined promise and peril of GNR -- Response to critics -- Epilogue.

Summary: "Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil examines the next step in the evolutionary process of the union of human and machine. He foresees the dawning of a new civilization where we will be able to transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity, combining our biological skills with the vastly greater capacity, speed and knowledge-sharing abilities of our creations. In practical terms, human ageing and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped and world hunger and poverty will be solved. There will be no clear distinction between human and machine, real reality and virtual reality. The Singularity is Near offers a 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." -- Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	153.98 KUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011087		Tasis, Theofanis

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil examines the next step in the evolutionary process of the union of human and machine. He foresees the dawning of a new civilization where we will be able to transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity, combining our biological skills with the vastly greater capacity, speed and knowledge-sharing abilities of our creations. In practical terms, human ageing and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped and world hunger and poverty will be solved. There will be no clear distinction between human and machine, real reality and virtual reality. The Singularity is Near offers a 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." -- Back cover.