How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed - Paperback
by Ray Kurzweil
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143124047ISBN-10:143124048UPC:9780143124047Book Category:Science, Computers, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Future StudiesBook Topic:NeuroscienceSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCW4N7PS2T
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.
"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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143124047ISBN-10:143124048UPC:9780143124047Book Category:Science, Computers, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Future StudiesBook Topic:NeuroscienceSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCW4N7PS2T
Ray Kurzweil is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Singularity Is Near and the national bestseller The Age of Spiritual Machines, among others. One of the leading inventors of our time, he won a Grammy Award for outstanding achievements in music technology in 2015 and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. He is the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation's highest honor in technology. He lives in Boston.
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