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The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology | Ray Kurzweil
For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.
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Crazeedi Great job!🎉🎉 6y
Reggie Good Job!! 6y
Dwayne_Shugert Just curious...what app did you use to track your reading? I would love to track my reading like this...thanks! 6y
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Dwayne_Shugert Just curious...what app did you use to track your reading like this? 6y
Wellreadhead @Dwayne_Shugert This graphic was made on Goodreads. I also use an app called Bookly to keep track of my reading, it allows you to keep notes, track reading time, and even has ambient background noises if you need them. 6y
Dwayne_Shugert I thought it was Goodreads...but I can‘t seem to find how to do that. And I will look into Bookly as well. Thanks... 6y
SmartSassery This is really cool. 6y
jjmcgaffey The graphic is at https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2018/ (once you're there, there's links to move by year, or edit the URL). Unfortunately since I _don't_ track on Goodreads (though I have an account), mine is essentially blank - I track on LibraryThing, but there's no clever graphics there. 6y
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Crazeedi I've listened to this guy, and talked about this, very scary. Havent read the book 6y
Wellreadhead @Crazeedi Yeah, the subject matter is pretty intense, but fascinating! 6y
Crazeedi @Wellreadhead 👍 will have to check it out 6y
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#TBRtemptation post 1! A 3.94 GR rating! I love reading this kind of stuff. Learning about the real, practical, already-implemented cutting-edge technology we already have that you won't find on the front page of the news. And then educated speculation as to what will next. In this case, the union of human and machine. What will it mean for us? #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Kimberlone I watched a documentary about this guy a few years ago. His ideas about the singularity are pretty interesting, but he's also kind of nuts. He takes like 100s of vitamins/supplements everyday and thinks he's going to defy aging/live forever. 7y
MrBook @Kimberlone That's the kind of person who piques my interest. 😂👏🏻🙌🏻 7y
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