The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil Hardcover Book

Description: The Singularity is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decadesBy the end of this decade, AI will exceed human levels of intelligence. During the 2030s, it will become superintelligent, vastly outstripping our capabilities by almost every measure and enabling dramatic new interventions in our bodies. By 2045, we will be able to connect our brains directly with AI, enhancing our intelligence a millionfold and expanding our consciousness in ways we can barely imagine. This is the Singularity.Ray Kurzweil is one of the greatest inventors of our time with over 60 years experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Dozens of his long-range predictions about the rise of the internet, AI and bioengineering have been borne out. In this visionary and fundamentally optimistic book, Kurzweil explains how the Singularity will occur and explores what it will mean to live free from the limits of biology.What will we choose if our bodies need no longer define us? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder might we inhabit? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? How will we navigate the risks presented by such awesomely powerful technology?Drawing on a lifetimes expertise and marshalling the evidence of todays rapidly accelerating advances, Kurzweil presents deeply reasoned answers to these questions and argues that we can and will transform life on earth profoundly for the better. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ray Kurzweil is the field of AIs longest-serving expert, the inventor of numerous world-changing technologies and the author of several best-selling books. The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999) and The Singularity is Near (2005), in which he first predicted that computers would reach human level intelligence by 2029 and outlined his vision of the merging of human and artificial intelligence, have together inspired several major films, hundreds of books and thousands of articles. Many of his inventions, such as text and speech recognition, and vocal and musical synthesizers, have enabled breakthroughs in communication between humans and computers. He is a Principal Researcher and AI Visionary at Google, the recipient of the US National Medal of Technology and Innovation, one of the nations highest honours, and a member of the US National Inventors Hall of Fame. Review Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence -- BILL GATESA fascinating exploration of our future, which raises the most profound philosophical questions -- YUVAL NOAH HARARIFew people have shaped how the world thinks about AI like Ray Kurzweil. Now, with The Singularity Is Nearer, he has written an expansive and hopeful guide to a fast-approaching future that will once again set the terms of debate. Grounded in decades of meticulous research, and written with impressive clarity across an immense canvas, its essential reading for anyone wanting to understand our exponential times -- MUSTAFA SULEYMAN, CEO of Microsoft AI and author of The Coming WaveRay Kurzweil is the greatest oracle of our digital age. The Singularity Is Nearer is more than just a book—its a survival guide for the technological renaissance were about to experience. Rays accurate projections of what is likely to happen and when, makes the difference between surfing atop the tsunami of change, versus being crushed by it -- Peter H. Diamandis, founder of the XPRIZEKurzweil makes a compelling case . . . It is only 2023 and already the world he envisioned years ago is taking shape. Curious about the Future? Read this book -- Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, GoogleWhen it comes to artificial intelligence, no one has more experience than Ray Kurzweil * BBC Focus *What Kurzweil describes in his book isnt just the dawn of a beautiful new age, but the unknowable night at the ending of one * Mail on Sunday *Ray Kurzweils The Singularity Is Nearer is to information technology what Charles Darwins Origin of the Species was to life science – a cogent, fact-based, clear-eyed, multi-disciplinary exposition of a fundamental truth about the world. There can be no more salient guide to the next two decades of life -- Martine Rothblatt, founder of United TherapeuticsRay Kurzweils Moores Law abstraction is the most important thing ever graphed. Its continuity – over his lifetime of writing – is the greatest take-away for the future of humanity, and the future of intelligence -- Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director of Future VenturesMy view of the future has been forever impacted by Ray Kurzweil. Twenty-four years ago, he predicted AI would reach human-level intelligence by 2029. His vision seemed like a dream and yet here we are, right on track. This book will challenge everything you know about technology, life and death. It will light you up with answers to todays most pressing questions about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity -- Tony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within Details ISBN1847928293 Author Ray Kurzweil Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781847928290 Format Hardcover Imprint The Bodley Head Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General Publication Date 2024-06-27 UK Release Date 2024-06-27 Subtitle When We Merge with AI Pages 432 ISBN-10 1847928293 DEWEY 006.3 Alternative 9781847928306 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160528162;

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