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The singularity is nearer

Ray Kurzweil

£25.00

This is what our future looks like: in the next decade, AI will be able to convince us that it’s human. During the 2030s, it will become ‘superintelligent’, vastly outstripping our capabilities by almost every measure. By 2045, it will be possible to connect our brains with these AIs using invisibly small nanotechnologies. Our minds and theirs will merge, expanding our consciousness more profoundly than we can fully comprehend, unlocking possibilities we can barely imagine. This is the singularity. Ray Kurzweil is a renowned oracle of technology. Dozens of his predictions about the internet and AI that were made decades ago are now being borne out. He sees further because of his first-hand knowledge of the machines, some of which he helped invent, and his deep understanding of the science behind them. In this visionary book, he shares his thinking in a way that everyone can grasp.

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Publish Date: 27/06/2024
ISBN: 9781847928290 Category: Popular Science Tags: Artificial intelligence, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Ethical issues: scientific, technological & medical developments, Human-computer interaction, Impact of science & technology on society, Social forecasting, future studies, Technology: general issues
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition.

‘The best person I know at predicting the future of AI’ BILL GATES
‘Essential reading to understand our exponential times’ MUSTAFA SULEYMAN
‘Fascinating . . . raises the most profound philosophical questions’ YUVAL NOAH HARARI

By the end of this decade, AI will exceed human levels of intelligence. During the 2030s, it will become ‘superintelligent’, vastly outstripping our capabilities and enabling dramatic 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, whose long-range predictions about the rise of the internet, AI and bioengineering have all borne out. In this visionary, fundamentally optimistic book, Kurzweil explains how the Singularity will occur, explores what it will mean to live free from the limits of biology and argues that we can and will transform life on Earth profoundly for the better.

‘The greatest oracle of our digital age’ PETER H. DIAMANDIS, founder of XPRIZE
‘Curious about the future? Read this book’ VINT CERF, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

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Weight 658 g
Dimensions 242 × 164 × 38 mm
Author

Kurzweil, Ray

Publisher

The Bodley Head

Imprint

The Bodley Head

Cover

Hardback

Pages

448

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

681.761 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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