ive read this book. its a very interesting read. its called "the age of
spiritual machines" and it was published by viking press. one of the
things i really liked was that the book wasnt written in a linear chapter
to chapter format so you can skip around reading the chapters that
capture your interest first. as far as i know its only available in hard
cover but its worth your while to check it out even if he does tend to
toot his own horn a bit.
matt
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vid66 wrote:
quoted 18 lines check out (if you haven't already) kurzweil's fairly recent book,
>>> check out (if you haven't already) kurzweil's fairly recent book,
>'the spiritual age of machines' or maybe '...of computers,' i can't
>ever seem to remember titles. anyway, his premise is that due to
>organic and intellectual evolution, moore's law about exponential
>growth, and the sheer complexity of computing power, that we can
>expect to see fully sentient, self-aware computers (and hence, he
>proposes, intellectual, spiritual beings) integrating in even deeper
>ways into human society within the next 100 years. buy it or not,
>(and i do) he chronicles in detail (often in the first person realm of
>his own contributions) the development of computers and the intrinsic
>roles they play in our lives. a deep, MUST READ work!
>
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