Ray Kurzweil

Broschiertes Buch

The Singularity is Nearer

When We Merge with AI

Beschreibung

In this visionary and fundamentally optimistic book, the legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition. 'The best person I know at predicting the future of AI' BILL GATES 'A fascinating exploration of our future' YUVAL NOAH HARARI 'Essential reading to understand our exponential times' MUSTAFA SULEYMAN Within our lifetimes, we will be able to connect our brains directly with AI, enhancing our intelligence a millionfold and expanding our consciousness in ways we can barely imagine. This is the Singularity. Ray Kurzweil is one of the greatest inventors of our time with over 60 years' experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Dozens of his long-range predictions about the rise of the internet, AI and bioengineering have been borne out. Here Kurzweil explains how the Singularity will occur and what it will mean to live free from the limits of biology: What will we choose if our bodies need no longer define us? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder might we inhabit? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? Drawing on a lifetime's expertise, Kurzweil presents deeply reasoned answers to these questions and argues that we can and will transform life on earth profoundly for the better.

Autor

Ray Kurzweil is the field of AI's longest-serving expert, the inventor of numerous world-changing technologies and the author of several best-selling books. The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999) and The Singularity is Near (2005), in which he first predicted that computers would reach human level intelligence by 2029 and outlined his vision of the merging of human and artificial intelligence, have together inspired several major films, hundreds of books and thousands of articles. Many of his inventions, such as text and speech recognition, and vocal and musical synthesizers, have enabled breakthroughs in communication between humans and computers. He is a Principal Researcher and AI Visionary at Google, the recipient of the US National Medal of Technology and Innovation, one of the nation's highest honours, and a member of the US National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 127mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781529937497
• ISBN-10: 1529937493
• Artikelnr.: 71303826

Rezensionen

Advance Praise for The Singularity is Nearer:

Ray Kurzweil s The Singularity Is Nearer is to information technology what Charles Darwin s Origin of the Species was to life science a cogent, fact-based, clear-eyed, multi-disciplinary exposition of a fundamental truth about the world. Just as Darwin demonstrated that all life branched from eons of antecedent roots, Kurzweil shows that epochs of compounding information processing is resulting in a merger of humanity and computational software. The Singularity Is Nearer reads like a thriller because it honestly presents each of the perils of accelerating AI, but then, like an aircraft coming out of a storm, exquisitely lands the reader at a hopeful

future filled with economic opportunity and ever-longer life. Kurzweil leaves no stone unturned in his examination of the employment, national security and personal well-being aspects of the coming singularity of AI, and the book is packed with directly relevant graphs, statistics and references. Best of all, Ray has given each of us in this book an observatory into the human mind a personal telescope that lets each of us see better than ever just how our own minds work, what our own consciousness really is, why our merger with AI is inevitable, how it will practically occur and why humanity will be by far the better off as a result. There can be no more salient guide to the next two decades of life than The Singularity Is Nearer.
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., Creator of SiriusXM, United Therapeutics, electric helicopters and the Bina48 robot

My view of the future has been forever impacted by Ray Kurzweil. Twenty-four years ago, he predicted AI would reach human-level intelligence by 2029. His vision seemed like a dream and yet here we are, right on track. This book will challenge everything you know about technology, life, and death. It will light you up with answers to today s most pressing questions about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity.
Tony Robbins, Global Entrepreneur, Investor, New York Times #1 Bestselling Author, Philanthropist, and the world s #1 Life and Business Strategist

If you want to know where artificial intelligence and our society will be in 20 years, read The Singularity Is Nearer today. The implications that visionary genius Ray Kurzweil describes in this book are so extraordinary and far-reaching, we must begin understanding these and planning now. Highly recommended!
Dean Ornish, MD, founder and president, Preventive Medicine Research Institute; clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; author, Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases, The Spectrum and Dr. Dean Ornish s Program for Reversing Heart Disease

"Ray Kurzweil is the greatest oracle of our digital age. The Singularity Is Nearer is more than just a book it's a survival guide for the technological renaissance we're about to experience. Ray s accurate projections of what is likely to happen and when, makes the difference between surfing atop the tsunami of change, versus being crushed by it."
Peter H. Diamandis, MD, New York Times Bestselling author, Founder, XPRIZE, Singularity

"The Singularity Is Nearer may be the single most important contribution to understanding the valuable roles of AI and nanotechnology. With clarity, Ray Kurzweil tells a tale of evolving information processes that are reinventing intelligence. This captivating sequence of historical events and rigorously researched facts are a worthy and positive ethos for humanity s future."
Natasha Vita-More, Author Transhumanist Manifesto, Co-creator of the Transhumanist Movement, Founder, Center for Transhumanist Studies

"Wow! Without question, this is Ray Kurzweil s best book to date. It s a page-turner with unimpeachable gravitas and authority on genetics, nanotechnology, robotics, and the future. He handles the pluses and minuses of the near-term impact of the coming singularity on jobs with great skill and tact. The book is a towering accomplishment."
Harry George, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, Cofounder of Interleaf, Inc., Cofounder and Managing Partner, Solstice Capital

Praise for Ray Kurzweil

"Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence."
Bill Gates

"Not everything that Kurzweil predicts may come to pass, but a lot of it will, and even if you don't agree with everything he says, it's all worth paying attention to."
The Philadelphia Inquirer

"[Ray Kurzweil] has a way of tackling seemingly overwhelming challenges with an army of reason."
Rafael Reif, president, MIT

"Kurzweil paints a tantalizing and sometimes terrifying portrait of a world where the line between humans and machines has become thoroughly blurred."
The Boston Globe

"The restless genius."
The Wall Street Journal

"The ultimate thinking machine."
Forbes

"Kurzweil's broad outlook and fresh approach make his optimism hard to resist."
Kirkus Reviews