The age of spiritual machines
Subtitle: when computers exceed human intelligence
By: Ray Kurzweil.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computers
Notes: "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin ... 1999"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-368) and index
Table of contents: title: V
label: A Note to the Reader; title: XI
label: Acknowledgements; title: 1
label: Prologue: An Inexorable Experience; label: PART ONE: PROBING THE PAST; title: 9
label: Chapter One: The Law of Time and Chaos; title: 40
label: Chapter Two: The Intelligence of Evolution; title: 51
label: Chapter Three: Of Mind and Machines; title: 66
label: Chapter Four: A New Form of Intelligence on Earth; title: 89
label: Chapter Five: Context and Knowledge; label: PART TWO: PREPARING THE PRESENT; title: 101
label: Chapter Six: Building New Brains; title: 133
label: Chapter Seven: ... And Bodies; title: 157
label: Chapter Eight: 1999; label: PART THREE: TO FACE THE FUTURE; title: 189
label: Chapter Nine: 2009; title: 202
label: Chapter Ten: 2019; title: 220
label: Chapter Eleven: 2029; title: 234
label: Chapter Twelve: 2099; title: 253
label: Epilogue: The Rest of the Universe Revisited; title: 261
label: Time Line; title: 281
label: How to Build an Intelligent Machine in Three Easy Paradigms; title: 298
label: Glossary; title: 315
label: Notes; title: 344
label: Suggested Readings; title: 369
label: Web Links; title: 377
label: Index