The singularity is near
Subtitle: when humans transcend biology
By: Ray Kurzweil.
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Group; Viking Adult
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 652
Subjects: Brain -- Evolution; Human evolution; Genetics; Nanotechnology; Robotics
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The six epochs; title: A theory of technology evolution : the law of accelerating returns; title: Achieving the computational capacity of the human brain; title: Achieving the software of human intelligence : how to reverse engineer the human brain; title: GNR : three overlapping revolutions; title: The impact ...; title: Ich bin ein singularitarian; title: The deeply intertwined promise and peril of GNR; title: Response to critics; title: Epilogue.