The singularity is near : when humans transcend biology / Ray Kurzweil.
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2005Description: xvii, 652 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0670033847; 9780143037880Subject(s): Brain -- Evolution | Human evolution | Genetics | Nanotechnology | RoboticsDDC classification: 153.9 LOC classification: QP376 | .K85 2005Summary: The futurist Ray Kurzweil is a controversial advocate 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."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-602) and index.
The futurist Ray Kurzweil is a controversial advocate 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."
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