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  • The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
  • By: Ray Kurzweil
  • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
  • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)
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By: Ray Kurzweil
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Summary

The bold futurist and bestselling author of The Singularity Is Nearer explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain

Ray Kurzweil is arguably today’s most influential—and often controversial—futurist. In How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilization—reverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines.

Kurzweil discusses how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the world’s problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical possibilities of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating.

Certain to be one of the most widely discussed and debated science books of the year, How to Create a Mind is sure to take its place alongside Kurzweil’s previous classics which include Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever and The Age of Spiritual Machines.

©2012 Ray Kurzweil (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Kurzweil's vision of our super-enhanced future is completely sane and calmly reasoned, and his book should nicely smooth the path for the earth's robot overlords, who, it turns out, will be us.”
—The New York Times 

“Kurzweil writes boldly and with a showman’s flair, expertly guiding the lay reader into deep thickets of neuroscience.” —Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe 

“This book is a breath of fresh air . . . . Kurzweil makes an argument for optimism.” —Laura Spinney, New Scientist 

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my mind is blown

Would recommend if you are even remotely into how the mind works or how it can be applied to AI

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In depth, technical and entertaining

A thorough review of the progress of AI in the march toward human level intelligence and beyond. It doesn't shy away from explaining concepts at a fairly technical level. The only thing it lacks is any discussion on the moral issues.

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