How to Create a Mind - The Secret of Human Thought Revealed (Paperback)

The bold futurist and bestselling author of The Singularity is Nearer explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain Ray Kurzweil is arguably today's most influential-and often controversial-futurist. In How 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 include Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever and The Age of Spiritual Machines.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	August 2013
Authors:	Ray Kurzweil
Dimensions:	215 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-312404-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > Social forecasting, futurology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General
LSN:	0-14-312404-8
Barcode:	9780143124047

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