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The singularity is nearer : when we merge with computers / Ray Kurzweil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York] : Viking, [2024]Description: 419 pages 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780399562761
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Singularity is nearerDDC classification:
  • 612.8/2 23/eng/20240311
LOC classification:
  • QP376 K96 2024
Contents:
Where are we in the six stages? -- Reinventing intelligence -- Who am I? -- Life is getting exponentially better -- Future of jobs: good or bad? -- The next thirty years in health and well-being -- Peril -- Dialogue with Cassandra.
Summary: "This successor volume to The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come. In this entirely new book, Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances in the singularity-assessing the progress of many of his predictions and examining the novel advancements that, in the near future, will bring a revolution in knowledge and an expansion of human potential. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by expanding biological capacity with nonbiological intelligence in the cloud; how life is improving with declines in poverty and violence; and the growth of technologies that can be applied to everything from clothes to building materials to growing human organs. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics as how AI will impact unemployment and the safety of autonomous cars, and "After Life" technology, which will reanimate people who have passed away through a combination of data and DNA"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) QP376 K96 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000189158

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Where are we in the six stages? -- Reinventing intelligence -- Who am I? -- Life is getting exponentially better -- Future of jobs: good or bad? -- The next thirty years in health and well-being -- Peril -- Dialogue with Cassandra.

"This successor volume to The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come. In this entirely new book, Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances in the singularity-assessing the progress of many of his predictions and examining the novel advancements that, in the near future, will bring a revolution in knowledge and an expansion of human potential. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by expanding biological capacity with nonbiological intelligence in the cloud; how life is improving with declines in poverty and violence; and the growth of technologies that can be applied to everything from clothes to building materials to growing human organs. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics as how AI will impact unemployment and the safety of autonomous cars, and "After Life" technology, which will reanimate people who have passed away through a combination of data and DNA"-- Provided by publisher.

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