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Reverseengineering the human brain so we can simulate it using computers may be only a decade away, says ray kurzweil, artificial intelligence expert and author of the bestselling book the. Two new books from luke dormehl and richard yonck on the history, future and consequences of artificial intelligence. Ray kurzweil is an inventor, thinker, and futurist famous for forecasting the pace of technology and predicting the world of tomorrow. Stephen davis according to ray kurzweil s site the release date continues to slip and is now some unspecified date in 2021. At least, thats what the famous inventor and futurist ray kurzweil argues. The first one on your list is the singularity is near, by ray kurzweil. Top 17 artificial intelligence books for beginners in 2020. He thinks things are moving along pretty quickly, and that a superintelligence might be here soon. Ray kurzweil, byname of raymond kurzweil, born february 12, 1948, queens. Now he offers a framework for envisioning the twentyfirst centuryan age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence. Ray kurzweils mindboggling predictions for the next 25 years. In his optimistic book the singularity is near kurzweil explains that civilization will soon achieve new heights of intelligence.
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