The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI (Signed First Printing)

Kurzweil, Ray

ISBN 10: 0399562761 / ISBN 13: 9780399562761

Published by Viking, 2024

SIGNED by author, inventor and futurist RAY KURZWEIL in blue ink on title page, at Kepler's Books author event in Menlo Park, CA. Signed simply "Ray". Viking 2024 First Edition, First Printing in fine/fine/fine condition. Black hardboards with purple metallic printing on spine; corners sharp; spine untucked top and bottom. Textblock clean, tight, square, unmarked. Glossy black dust jacket with white printing and colorful spray; fine condition. Protected in clear, archival Brodart mylar wrapper (removable.) Shipped in a box with plenty of bubble wrap to arrive in perfect condition. A true collectible copy. Complete satisfaction guarantee; no sale is final until you are satisfied. "The noted inventor and futurist s successor to his landmark book 'The Singularity Is Near' explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come. Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil s vision of an exponential future has spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularity assessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technology that, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and "After Life" technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA. The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil's crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come." (from the flap). Seller Inventory # 240704-1

Synopsis:

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come

Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public.

In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularity—assessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technology—that, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and "After Life" technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA.

The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil’s crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come.

About the Author: Ray Kurzweil is a world class inventor, thinker, and futurist, with a thirty-five-year track record of accurate predictions. He has been a leading developer in artificial intelligence for 61 years – longer than any other living person. He was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, omni-font optical character recognition, print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, text-to-speech synthesizer, music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition software. Ray received a GRAMMY® Award for outstanding achievement in music technology; he is the recipient of the National Medal of Technology and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He has written five best-selling books including The Singularity Is Near and How to Create a Mind. He is a Principal Researcher and AI Visionary at Google.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge ...
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition