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Not Quite - [27 Apr 2010]
A new hope to escape our human reality. With high tech parts we will evolve into something new and better. The author argues that the combination of computers, bioengineering, etc. will all come together to produce a super humanity. I've heard these arguments...
new and better. The author argues that the combination of computers, bioengineering, etc. ...
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Kurzweil's at it again (one-trick pony) - [26 Apr 2010]
In 1992, which is (ahem) EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, Kurzweil published "The Age of Intelligent Machines." In 2001, he published "The Age of Spiritual Machines." In 2005, he published "The Singularity is Near." In all those years (decades) I have not seen ANY...
" In 2001, he published "The Age of Spiritual Machines." In 2005, he published "The ...
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A fascinating book - [11 Mar 2010]
There are some really good numbers behind some of what Ray Kirzweil predicts for the future of computing and computer intelligence and that is very exciting reading. I have used some of this material for my lectures to my university freshman business ...
of computing and computer intelligence and that is very exciting reading. I have used some...
www.amazon.com/review/RLMXXHL6ZPAIS...
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The book repeats itslef. It's like reading the same book twice! - [05 Mar 2010]
The projections the author makes about the future are plausible but the time line is not. Undoubtedly there will be many unforseen difficulties in developing such complex technology. I've seen old films from the 1950s that predicted flying cars for the...
Undoubtedly there will be many unforseen difficulties in developing such complex technology...
www.amazon.com/review/R3H12QJVFHEPYC...
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Great! - [07 Feb 2010]
Very well written and documented, Kurzweil is obviously an insider. Gripping overview of things to come; sets you thinking for a while "who are we, people?" and 'what are we doing, really?". Makes you want to know more about other 'singularitans' and ...
to come; sets you thinking for a while "who are we, people?" and 'what are we doing, ...
www.amazon.com/review/R1JKYYO9VLOQGH...
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Don't get the Kindle edition! - [29 Jan 2010]
Do not bother reading The Singularity Is Near (Feb 1, 2007 edition) on the Kindle. The book contains many graphs which are barely or not at all readable on the Kindle 2. (This may be better on the DX.) There are references to page numbers in the text ...
contains many graphs which are barely or not at all readable on the Kindle 2. (This may be...
www.amazon.com/review/R33EKPG3S...
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A logical argument for the end of the age - [20 Oct 2009]
Kurzweil states: "our technology will match and then vastly exceed the refinement and suppleness of what we regard as the best of human traits"...but what about the worst of human traits? Richard Swenson also argues that technology is going to exponentially...
of what we regard as the best of human traits"...but what about the worst of human traits...
www.amazon.com/review/R1J33TZGXB...
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SingularitySymposium.com review: The Singularitarian Bible - [29 Sep 2009]
It is probably not farfetched to say that "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology" is the Singularitarian Bible. It is the one book that anyone interested (together with everyone not interested) in the Technological Singularity must read...
Biology" is the Singularitarian Bible. It is the one book that anyone interested (together ...
www.amazon.com/review/R34RVA2RWTJR...
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The future is bearign down on us. - [18 Sep 2009]
Mr. Kurzweil has a dramatic view of the near future that makes most science fiction look timid. He takes 500 pages to carefully document how genetic, nano, and robot technologies will soon lead us to first, biological immortality, and then to the creation...
He takes 500 pages to carefully document how genetic, nano, and robot technologies will...
www.amazon.com/review/R3F4HU5KUBD...
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Great service - [15 Sep 2009]
Quick service. Product packed well and arrived quickly. Would certainly buy from this seller again.
again.
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