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09-13-2008, 09:25 AM | #1 |
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The Singularity is Near By Ray Kurzweil
The great inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is one of the best-known and controversial advocates for the role of machines in the future of humanity. In his latest, thrilling foray into the future, he envisions an event the singularity in which technological change becomes so rapid and so profound that our bodies and brains will merge with our machines. The Singularity Is Nearportrays what life will be like after this eventa human-machine civilization where our experiences shift from real reality to virtual reality and where our intelligence becomes nonbiological and trillions of times more powerful than unaided human intelligence. In practical terms, this means that human aging and pollution will be reversed, world hunger will be solved, and our bodies and environment transformed by nanotechnology to overcome the limitations of biology, including death. We will be able to create virtually any physical product just from information, resulting in radical wealth creation. In addition to outlining these fantastic changes, Kurzweil also considers their social and philosophical ramifications. With its radical but optimistic view of the course of human development, The Singularity Is Nearis certain to be one of the most widely discussed and provocative books of 2005. The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology By Ray Kurzweil Published by Viking, 2005 ISBN 0670033847, 9780670033843 652 pages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PWXrnsSrf0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUC5EHi7Mlc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqaMFHGEZ8 surviving the singularity. Last edited by Antaletriangle; 09-13-2008 at 10:28 AM. |
09-13-2008, 02:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: The Singularity is Near By Ray Kurzweil
Reminds me somewhat of the end of Alex Jones EndGame, blueprint for global enslavement. Google vid for anyone who hasnt seen it
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09-13-2008, 04:55 PM | #3 |
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Re: The Singularity is Near By Ray Kurzweil
watched like 18 minutes of the lecture, then quit. I found him to be robotic in his nature... I didnt enjoy it.
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09-14-2008, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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