Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology - Ray Kurzweil

Singularity Is Near

When Humans Transcend Biology

By: Ray Kurzweil

Paperback | 15 October 2024

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A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and who Bill Gates calls 'the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.'



Ray Kurzweil's sequel to this book, The Singularity is Nearer, was acquired in six-figure deals in the US (Penguin Press) and UK (Bodley Head) and will be a major publication in summer/autumn 2024A perennial backlist title for Duckworth (28k copies sold), reissued in an attractive new package alongside How to Create a Mind (17k copies) to coincide with his forthcoming releaseKurzweil's transhumanist perspective is bound to attract attention and major coverage in the current changing AI landscape
Industry Reviews

'Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence' Bill Gates


'Startling in scope and bravado' New York Times


'Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world' Los Angeles Times


'Elaborate, smart and persuasive' Boston Globe


'A pleasure to read' Wall Street Journal


'Kurzweil is dazzling in his enthusiasm for things to come' Financial Times

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