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‘The Singularity is Near’
By john | October 25, 2005
Just received my copy of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near the other day, and have anxiously started reading it. I have found the concept of the singularity fascinating ever since I started reading about it last year, and Ray is one of the top thinkers/futurists on this topic. Joel Garreau wrote a whole chapter on Ray’s views in Radical Evolution, and while his views seem almost utopian at times, I must say that I agree with most of what he says. Looking for some new insights from Ray where our world is heading…
Some interesting quotes from the first few chapters of the book:
“There will be no distinction, post-Singularity, between human and machine or between physical and virtual reality.”
“…within several decades information-based technologies will encompass all human knowledge and proficiency, ultimately including the pattern-recognition powers, problem-solving skills, and emotional and moral intelligence of the human brain itself.”
“…I began to use my models to project and anticipate future technologies, innovations, that would appear in 2000, 2010, 2020, and beyond. This enabled me to invent with the capabilities of the future by conceiving and designing inventions using these future capabilities.”
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