Intervolution

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Intervolution is at once informative and thought-provoking-a fascinating exploration of the ever-narrowing gap between men and machines. Mark C. Taylor uses his own experience of chronic illness to probe some of the central questions of our time. -- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of <i>The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History</i>, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Imagine your body. Imagine in it an artificial pancreas, and in the pancreas, an artificial brain. Now imagine that brain networked to-and learning from-thousands of matching pancreas-brains. What you are now imagining Mark C. Taylor has experienced and turns here into an absolutely riveting introduction into how artificial intelligence will transform us from the inside out. -- Jack Miles, author of <i>God: A Biography</i>, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Stimulated by his experience with the insulin pump, Taylor elegantly explores the potential of high-speed networked computers, mobile devices, miniature sensors, big data, and artificial intelligence to create breakthroughs for the human condition. Machines will enable humans to transcend our biologic roots. This is an intellectually provocative glimpse at the future of human health. -- Toby Cosgrove, CEO Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic Contributes importantly to the discourse on the intersection of biology and technology...Highly recommended. * Choice * He explains even monstrously difficult ideas with patience and very little jargon, introducing the basics of network theory, complexity theory, immunology, surveillance economics, and Hegelian philosophy to anyone willing to sit down with the book. * Journal of Religion * Taylor's book is well written and will be accessible to nonspecialist readers. * H-Sci-Tech-Med *