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The Age of Spiritual Machines

When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

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The Age of Spiritual Machines

Written by: Ray Kurzweil
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bold futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity Is Near, offers a framework for envisioning the future of machine intelligence

Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. This is the twenty-first century according to Ray Kurzweil, the “restless genius” (The Wall Street Journal), “ultimate thinking machine” (Forbes), and inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era. In his inspired hands, life in the new millennium no longer seems daunting. Instead, it promises to be an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live.

More than just a list of predictions, Kurzweil’s prophetic blueprint for the future guides us through the inexorable advances that will result in:
• Computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain (with human-level capabilities not far behind)
• Relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers
• Information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways

Eventually, the distinction between humans and computers will have become sufficiently blurred that when the machines claim to be conscious, we will believe them.

©Ray Kurzweil, 1998; ©1998 Penguin Audiobooks
Future Studies Artificial Intelligence

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The Age of Spiritual Machines will blow your mind. Kurzweil lays out a scenario that might seem like science fiction if it weren’t coming from a proven entrepreneur.”San Francisco Chronicle

“Kurzweil offers a thought-provoking analysis of human and artificial intelligence and a unique look at a future in which the capabilities of the computer and the species that invented it grow ever closer.”—Bill Gates

“Tantalizing—sometimes terrifying. . . . a welcome challenge to beliefs we hold dear.”Boston Globe

“Kurzweil’s broad outlook and fresh approach make his optimism hard to resist.”—Kirkus Reviews

“This is a book for computer enthusiasts, science fiction writers in search of cutting-edge themes and anyone who wonders where human technology is going next.”The New York Times

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Mythically Optimis

Nice to read such optimistic view of future. Lot of them have come true and some of them will be tested in future. Would have been more fantasizing to read when the book was written.

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