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Age Of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence | Ray Kurzweil

Do you want to live forever?

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The Age of Spiritual Machines was written in 1999 and makes predictions for 2009, 2019, 2029 and 2099. The ones for 2009 are right on track. The first half of the book is about artificial intelligence, Moore’s law, the law of accelerating returns, why evolution seems to go against the second law of thermodynamics, the origin and fate of the universe, quantum entanglement and a lot more. If you think this is a book about robots, you’re in for a surprise. This is a book about immortality, the tra… read review

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Reviewed: Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us | Rodney Brooks

The past, present and future of A.I.

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Reviewed: Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

Read the book, not about it

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