Dimensions
128 x 197 x 32mm
If in 1960 all the computers had stopped working few people would have noticed. Circa 2000 is another matter. So what will the new century bring? In this eye-opening book, Ray Kurzweil, millionaire inventor, technologist and prize-winning author, casts a provocative look at the twenty-first century.
By 2009 he predicts there will be technology that allows you to touch and feel objects and people at a distance. By 2019 people will begin to have relationships with automated personalities, using them as companions, teachers - even lovers. By 2029 humans will mainly be taught by virtual teachers, human brains will be enhanced by neural implants - and computers will be learning on their own . . .
'The Age of Spiritual Machines' is a thought-provoking analysis of human and artificial intelligence - and a unique look at the future in which the capabilities of the computer and the species that invented it grow ever closer.
