How to Create a MindHow to Create a Mind
the Secret of Human Thought Revealed
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Current format, Book, 2012, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsThe best-selling author of The Age of Spiritual Machines explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain, outlining the controversial implications of increasing intelligence in order to address global problems while comparing emotional and moral intelligence and considering the origins of consciousness. 100,000 first printing.
Explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain, outlining the controversial implications of increasing intelligence in order to address global problems while comparing emotional and moral intelligence and considering the origins of consciousness.
Author, inventor, and futurist, Ray Kurzweil, ties in current neuroscience research, thought experiments, and artificial intelligence inventions to present his theory on the basic algorithm of the neocortex. Presenting a thesis called pattern recognition theory of the mind (PRTM), Kurzweil details the true nature of both biological and nonbiolgical intelligence while shedding light on consciousness, free will, and identity. This fascinating study provides a map for the production of super intelligence and explores how these insights will unlock some of humanity's greatest challenges. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The bold futurist and bestselling author explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain
Ray Kurzweil is arguably today’s most influential—and often controversial—futurist. InHow to Create a Mind, Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilization—reverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.
Kurzweil discusses how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the world’s problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical possibilities of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating.
Certain to be one of the most widely discussed and debated science books of the year,How to Create a Mind is sure to take its place alongside Kurzweil’s previous classics which includeFantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever and The Age of Spiritual Machines.
Explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain, outlining the controversial implications of increasing intelligence in order to address global problems while comparing emotional and moral intelligence and considering the origins of consciousness.
Author, inventor, and futurist, Ray Kurzweil, ties in current neuroscience research, thought experiments, and artificial intelligence inventions to present his theory on the basic algorithm of the neocortex. Presenting a thesis called pattern recognition theory of the mind (PRTM), Kurzweil details the true nature of both biological and nonbiolgical intelligence while shedding light on consciousness, free will, and identity. This fascinating study provides a map for the production of super intelligence and explores how these insights will unlock some of humanity's greatest challenges. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The bold futurist and bestselling author explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain
Ray Kurzweil is arguably today’s most influential—and often controversial—futurist. InHow to Create a Mind, Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilization—reverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.
Kurzweil discusses how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the world’s problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical possibilities of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating.
Certain to be one of the most widely discussed and debated science books of the year,How to Create a Mind is sure to take its place alongside Kurzweil’s previous classics which includeFantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever and The Age of Spiritual Machines.
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