Name: How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
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Author: Ray Kurzweil
ISBN: 9780143124047

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How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ray Kurzweil

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.8 x 14.5 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780143124047

Edition No.

Synopsis "How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed "

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.

Ray Kurzweil

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Raymond Kurzweil (Queens, New York, February 12, 1948) is an inventor, entrepreneur, writer, and American scientist specialized in computer sciences and artificial intelligence. Since 2012, he has been serving as the director of engineering at Google, leading a team dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence and understanding of natural language.

Among his most notable works are "The Singularity is Near" (2005) and "How to Create a Mind" (2012), both New York Times bestsellers. Additionally, he is the author of "Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine", awarded multiple prizes in the young adult fiction category. Throughout his career, Kurzweil has been recognized with the National Medal of Technology and has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

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