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The Age of Spiritual Machines
- When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
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The inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and bestselling author of The Singularity is Nearer now offers a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century in The Age of Spiritual Machines—an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live.
Kurzweil's prophetic blueprint for the future takes us through the advances that inexorably result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain by the year 2020 (with human-level capabilities not far behind); in relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers; and in information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways. Optimistic and challenging, thought-provoking and engaging, The Age of Spiritual Machines is the ultimate guide on our road into the next century.
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"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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- cristinagps
- 14-10-21
still very accurate
very interesting view of how machines could evolve. Still accurate to some extent, very enjoyable.
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- Dr K
- 14-04-19
As relevant today as when it was first written.
There are shades of Huxley in the predictions of Kurzweil. What looked like bold predictions for the first three decades of this century now look to be (almost but not entirely) inevitable. His influence on the (continuiing) development of the Googles, Facebooks and Amazons shouldn't be underestimated. Well worth the read and will be coming back soon.
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