How to Create a Mind
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How to Create a Mind by Ray Kurzweil
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The bold futurist and renowned author of The Singularity Is Near explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain."This book is a Rosetta Stone for the mystery of human thought."--Martine Rothblatt, chairman and CEO, United Therapeutics, and creator of Sirius XM Satellite Radio
"Kurzweil's vision of our super-enhanced future is completely sane and calmly reasoned, and his book should nicely smooth the path for the earth's robot overlords, who, it turns out, will be us."--The New York Times
In How to Create a Mind, Ray Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilization: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.
Kurzweil discusses how the brain functions, how the mind emerges, brain-computer interfaces, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence to address the world's problems. He also thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical possibilities of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating.
Drawing on years of advanced research and cutting-edge inventions in artificial intelligence, How to Create a Mind is an incredible synthesis of neuroscience and technology and provides a road map for the future of human progress.
Ray Kurzweil is the author of several books, including The Singularity Is Near, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Age of Spiritual Machines, which was a national bestseller. In 2002, he was honored into the National Inventors Hall of Fame as one of the most influential inventors of our time. He has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest technological accolade. He is based in Boston.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143124047 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143124048 |
| Title | How to Create a Mind |
| Author | Ray Kurzweil |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2013-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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