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The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
The Age of Spiritual Machines When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
Author: Ray Kurzweil
The national bestseller by the "ultimate thinking machine" (Forbes) whose predictions for the future are startling, provocative--and closer to fruition than you think. — Ray Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and one of our greatest li...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140282023
ISBN-10: 0140282025
Publication Date: 1/1/2000
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a Tour de Force of the past, present and future. Kurzweil discussed the growth of the Universe from the Big Bang through from the first nanosecond through the first millenia up to the present, and then does the same with the evolution of life on Earth. He then goes on to the technological evolution of recent centuries, decades and years. He develops his "law of acccelerating returns," showing how scientific and technical knowledge builds on itself and is growing at a slightly greater-than-exponential pace, and that in just a few short decades a machine will be as smart (in every respect, not just playing chess) as a person, and shortly thereafter it will be smarter.

I also mention this book in my review of James Gleick's "Faster."
aketzle avatar reviewed The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence on
I learned so much from this book! I had no idea computers were this far advanced and that we were this close to such incredible breakthroughs. Highly recommended!


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