{"product_id":"the-singularity-is-near-when-humans-transcend-biology-paperback","title":"The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Kurzweil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents an \"elaborate, smart, and persuasive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) view of the future course of human development.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Startling in scope and bravado.\"--Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An important book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity Is Near\u003c\/i\u003e presents a radical and optimistic view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Kurzweil \u003c\/b\u003eis 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 more than six decades--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(R) 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 books including \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity Is Near\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Create a Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, both \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, and \u003ci\u003eDanielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of multiple young adult fiction awards. He is a Principal Researcher and AI Visionary at Google.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064706101382,"sku":"9780143037880","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/0rtuUucgFa9780143037880.webp?v=1781349741","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/the-singularity-is-near-when-humans-transcend-biology-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}