About The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
| Authors | Kurzweil, Ray |
|---|---|
| Date | 1999 |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| URL | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/331142/the-age-of-spiritual-machines-by-ray-kurzweil/ |
| Language | English |
Type: Book
Tags: Algorithms, Artificial intelligence, biography, brain, chess, computation, computers, Consciousness, dialogue, Entropy, Ethics, evolution, future, Humanity, intelligence, knowledge, machines, Moore's Law, nanotechnology, personhood, Spirituality, Technology, time, Turing test
Abstract
Well-known futurist Imagines a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. This is the twenty-first century according to Ray Kurzweil, the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era. According to him, life in the new millennium no longer seems daunting. Instead, it promises to be an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. Eventually, he says, the distinction between humans and computers will have become sufficiently blurred that when the machines claim to be conscious, we will believe them. [P]