How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
Published on 4. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-7156-5453-8 (ISBN)
Description
From the world's preeminent AI futurist: a fascinating account of how mapping the human mind leads to ever more intelligent machines
Ray Kurzweil, described by Bill Gates as 'the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence', offers a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilisation: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.
Kurzweil sets out how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increased and evolving intelligence in addressing the world's problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical - arguably inevitable - future of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating, aka 'the singularity'.
Ray Kurzweil, described by Bill Gates as 'the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence', offers a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilisation: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.
Kurzweil sets out how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increased and evolving intelligence in addressing the world's problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical - arguably inevitable - future of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating, aka 'the singularity'.
Reviews / Votes
'Kurzweil's vision of our super-enhanced future is completely sane and calmly reasoned, and his book should nicely smooth the path for the earth's robot overlords, who, it turns out, will be us' New York Times 'Kurzweil foresees a disease-free world where no one ages and artificial brains make machines human-like - and he is not one to get things wrong' Daily Telegraph 'Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence' Bill Gates 'Kurzweil knows a lot about new technology and he knows how to make it sound fun. He is dazzling in his enthusiasm for things to come, and has a grasp of the exciting developments pulsing through the intersection of science and technology' Financial TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Duckworth Books
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7156-5453-8 (9780715654538)
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Ray Kurzweil is among the world's preeminent innovators and futurists, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Described by the Wall Street Journal as 'a restless genius', he has received at least 21 honorary doctorates and 3 US presidential honours. A director of engineering at Google working on natural language AI, he is a prize winning researcher and author, whose books include The Singularity is Near, How to Create a Mind, The Age of Spiritual Machines and The Singularity is Nearer (published in 2024).