In his now-classic and hugely influential exploration of the evolving union of human and machine, world-renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil foresees the dawning of a new civilisation where humans will transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity by combining our aptitudes with the vastly greater capacity, speed and knowledge-sharing abilities of Artificial Intelligence. This melding of human and machine is what he terms 'the singularity'. On the eve of publication of his latest book, The Singularity is Nearer, this new edition of the first instalment of his groundbreaking vision offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on decades of innovation - and what still lies ahead.
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The questions and visions of humanity's future is one that elicits a feel of romantic intrigue among many intellectuals. After reading this book, one tends to think that even halfwits and retards, like Kurzweil, get to present their "vision" as 600+ pages of utter nonsense. It's regrettable that there is almost no positive aspect to this book, and as such I hope to highlight only a small fraction of flaws so as to warn potential readers about it.