Ray Kurzweil How to Create a Mind

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The bestselling author of "The Singularity Is Near" explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain Ray Kurzweil is arguably today s most influential futurist. In "How to Create a Mind," he presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in the human-machine civilization: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it functions and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines. Kurzweil discusses how the brain works, how the mind emerges, brain-computer interfaces, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence to address the world s problems. 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.