The Singularity Is Nearer
When We Merge with AI
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Adam Barr
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Ray Kurzweil
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The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades.
What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder might we inhabit? How will we navigate the risks presented by such awesomely powerful technology?
By the end of this decade, AI will exceed human levels of intelligence. During the 2030s, it will become ‘superintelligent’, vastly outstripping our capabilities and enabling dramatic interventions in our bodies. By 2045, we will be able to connect our brains directly with AI, enhancing our intelligence a millionfold and expanding our consciousness in ways we can barely imagine. This is the Singularity.
Ray Kurzweil is one of the greatest inventors of our time with over 60 years’ experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Dozens of his long-range predictions about the rise of the internet, AI and bioengineering have been borne out. In this visionary and fundamentally optimistic book, Kurzweil explains how the Singularity will occur, explores what it will mean to live free from the limits of biology and argues that we can and will transform life on Earth profoundly for the better.
‘The best person I know at predicting the future of AI’ BILL GATES
'Essential reading to understand our exponential times' MUSTAFA SULEYMAN
'Fascinating . . . raises the most profound philosophical questions' YUVAL NOAH HARARI
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- W. C. Nesmith
- 14-09-2024
Excited for the future
This is a great book that puts technology into perspective of its potential future. Let's create a beautiful future together with the help of technology. But lets be careful doing it.
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- Angela K
- 09-08-2024
The future of AI
A great listen and lots of food for thought. Highly recommend to all who want to know how our lives will be greatly improved as well as what we need to consider in the future with AI.
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- Peter Barber
- 02-07-2024
lots of stats
why do the chapters not have names? just numbers does not tell me much about the contents of each chapter
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- David
- 20-10-2024
Great book about the potential future
Yes, very insightful and educational. Author took a more optimistic view, while warning cautions about not just LLM.
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- Mike
- 24-07-2024
Excellent book, terrible narrator
The robotic voice and terrible audio quality of this recording made me wonder if this was AI, rather than human narrator. I think AI would have done a better job. I can hear the sound clipping throughout. Please re-record Penguin, this is poor by your standards.
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- Sven
- 12-08-2024
Fairly Plain & Boring.
The robotic reading does nothing to make the material enjoyable. The pieces of interest are few and far between; once a point is made, it is reworded several times before moving on. If you want to think deeply on the singularity, get "Scary Smart" instead.
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- Clayton R
- 11-10-2024
Absolutely perfect!
Exactly what I was looking for to get a deeper understanding of AI and its potential implications on society.
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- Peter N. Ayscough
- 19-08-2024
Interesting predictions-well written
About an hour into this book I was almost ready to abandon it. The narration at that point was incredibly dull and monotone and it really was a chore to stay with it.
But I did stay with the book. It is an interesting read and I think the narration became a bit better. One thing that did irk me is that the narrator pronounces 'Epoch' as 'Epic'. As an Australian, I occasionally come across American pronunciations that still surprise me - and maybe this is one of those. Maybe not. Anyway, the book is very interesting and contains many provocative ideas, which are consistently thoroughly researched and argued. The book is also quite well-written.
For anyone with an interest in cutting edge technologies, I thoroughly recommend it.
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- Peter
- 23-07-2024
Intriguing view of AI
Great and hopeful view of AI, I hope it happens as per predicted. Well read and easy to follow.
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