The Singularity Is Nearer

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF TIMES MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The noted inventor and futurists successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to comeSince it was first published in , Ray Kurzweils The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweils predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public.In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularityassessing his prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by and examining the exponential growth of technologythat, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots radical life extension beyond the current age limit of reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence and the growth of renewable energy and -D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and After Life technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA.The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweils crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come.