I didnt make much of a connection with the protagonist. Synchronizing eschatology with the coming singularity. Psychic spies, elite mercenaries, killer robots, megacorps, and an ai in search of a soul converge in a five book saga to decide the future of the human race. The front cover coming off at edges within half hour of readinghaving got over the bad quality of the book print, getting down to book content l, and there is so much for me to write. Jul 29, 2014 the singularity is coming are you ready dr.
A everyone who intends to buy this book i assume you are a geek should give vernor vinges original singularity paper an attempt. A singularity is a one way event which cannot be reversed. The book builds on the ideas introduced in kurzweils previous books, the age of intelligent machines and the age of spiritual machines. Now, in the singularity is near, he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process. According to the most popular version of the singularity hypothesis, called intelligence explosion, an. Sep 17, 2014 the singularity is coming introduction book was originally an introduction to my robots included collection, then it grew into a book as i explored the subject of where ai is heading.
Its easiest described as a one way event, something which once it occurs cannot be reversed. Janet maslin, the new york times artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. The idea of a coming singularity was borne out of a combination of the following. Go mdl season 33 report may 5, 2020 league of legends greenish to g2 may 5, 2020. Not everything that kurzweil predicts may come to pass, but a lot of it will, and even if you dont agree with everything he says, its all worth paying attention to. Tony thornes book the singularity is coming addresses these concerns and beyond with factual detail and personal accounts to the progress artificial intelligence has made. Tony thorne mbes new fact against fiction book is about the singularity, and the resulting artificial intelligence explosion. However as we see the advances in technology it doesnt seem so fiction.
The singularity is triggered by the tremendous growth of human and computing intelligence that is an almost inevitable outcome of moores law. When humans transcend biology is a 2005 nonfiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor and. The narration is topnotch, but the story isnt arresting. Tracking trends related to artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, dubai, and elon musk as the end times reveal the antichrist. When humans transcend biology is a 2005 nonfiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor and futurist ray kurzweil. First off, i loved the bobiverse and i think dennis e. If so, it will evaporate many of todays problems and create new ones. This coming period of rapid technological progress and its miraculous effects will occur within the next 50 years and is what kurzweil refers to as the singularity. Amidst the gloom that blankets america, evidence grows that another discontinuity in history approaches a singularity. The coming technological singularity, part 3 john kreiter. The galahad, a fasterthanlight spacecraft, carries 50 scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare kepler 452b, earths nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light years away. Biblical christianity, eschatology, prophecy, and the gospel of jesus christ are the answer to a world entering the apocalypse. The ai supercomputer, kronos, considers humans the biggest threat to earth.
Shes a frequent television and radio commentator and has appeared on 2020, oprah, oprah winfreys oxygen network, court tv, biography, nancy grace, e. The coming technological singularity new century edition with directlink technology book. Singularities black holes and wormholes the physics of. With julian schaffner, john cusack, carmen argenziano, eileen grubba. Her first novel, singularity, was one of booklists best crime novel debuts of 2009, and library journal chose the third, the killing storm, as one of the best mysteries of 2010. Calia seeks the last human stronghold as does kronos. Singularitarians posit the singularity as an unqualified good. Singularity is near, ray kurzweil 9780143037880 boeken. Smashwords the singularity is coming the artificial.
Psychic spies, elite mercenaries, killer robots, megacorps, and an ai in search of a soul converge in a fivebook saga to decide the future of the human race. Like paul ehrlichs upsetting 1972 book population bomb, fan or foe, its the wave at epicenter you. The point in time at which this occurs is generally known as the singularity, and many believe it will usher in a new era for the human race. Apr 18, 2018 the idea of a coming singularity was borne out of a combination of the following. The singularity is coming by tony thorne mbe overdrive. Its easiest described as a one way event, something which once it. Throughout the world, many intellectuals and futurists have noted their belief in the nearness of the singularity, with quite a few predicting it will. The singularity and the second coming in the near future, the technological advance of human civilization will become so rapid todays human mind will be unable to comprehend its implications.
Sign up on the prelaunch page here to be notified when the campaign begins on 17 april. Ibms blue gene brain simulation has made gains in one of the most sophisticated tasks man has ever taken oncreating artificial intelligence ai. Apr 14, 2020 singularity sunrise is a postcyberpunk espionage thriller series, coming soon on indiegogo. In the first two videos in this series, we have discussed the coming technological singularity, and how this conversion point is like a quantum event, a point in space and time where all of this conjunction of technology allows for only one way forward, and that is the development of a radically new kind of technology, artificial intelligence. For over three decades, ray kurzweil has been one of the m.
May 12, 2019 for more about the coming singularity. Ben narasin was an entrepreneur for 25 years, a seed investor for 8 and is now a vc as a. In this seminal book, toffler predicted that people would become disconnected, overwhelmed and future shocked as a result of accelerating technological and social change. Home the message the beast the false prophet in the news blog the book videos podcast contact. The event explored in this book is artificial general intelligence. The festival is weird, and im not sure i get it completely, but the eschaton concept is very interesting. This updated fiction to fact book is about the singularity, and the resulting artificial intelligence explosion. Not everything that kurzweil predicts may come to pass, but a lot of it will, and even if you dont agree with. For kurzweil, the singularity is an opportunity for humankind to improve. Another symptom of progress toward the singularity.
Tony thorne mbe is an englishman, born and technically educated in london, england, as a chartered design engineer. Ray kurzweil explains the coming singularity big think. He envisions the same technology that will make ais more intelligent giving humans a boost as well. Oct 01, 2011 the singularity could change everything as we know it, and the implications for counseling are significant. The singularity is coming introduction book was originally an introduction to my robots included collection, then it grew into a book as i explored the subject of where ai is heading. Oct 05, 2017 the singularity for this level of the simulation is coming soon.
Ive read the book in paper before this is a good reading. Thorne is very well read and he cites a lot of very good literature on the subject of artificial intelligence. The cause of this condition, according to toffler, is too much change in too short a period of time. One of cbs newss best fall books of 2005 among st louis postdispatchs best nonfiction books of 2005 one of. John kreiter selfimprovement and interesting knowledge. Artificial intelligence seemed science fiction when we were kids. This time, however, kurzweil embraces the term the singularity, which was popularized by vernor vinge in his 1993 essay the coming technological singularity more than a decade earlier. Apr 15, 2020 singularity sunrise is a postcyberpunk espionage thriller series, coming soon on indiegogo.
The singularity is never coming, but its already here. Tony thorne mbes new fact against fiction book, although slim, is probably his most important ever. Singularity sunrise is a postcyberpunk espionage thriller series, coming soon on indiegogo. I have read many of his speculative fiction stories, and have awed. He will introduce us to the concept of the singularity, a possibility which has enormous potential. Mar 09, 2006 the front cover coming off at edges within half hour of readinghaving got over the bad quality of the book print, getting down to book content l, and there is so much for me to write. A five book cyberpunk espionage saga, it is a globetrotting adventure packed with psychic spies, killer bots, and superintelligent artificial intelligences. Tony thorne mbes new fact against fiction book is probably his most important ever. The singularity is near is a kind of encyclopedic map of what bill gates once called the road ahead. The singularity is an era in which our intelligence will become increasingly nonbiological and trillions of times more powerful than it is.
That acknowledged, and it pains me to say this, the singularity trap is a miss. Ray kurzweil 18 comments ray kurzweil, raymond kurzweil, singularity by 2045, well have expanded the intelligence of our humanmachine civilization a billionfold. The singularity and the second coming end times bible. His prediction based on expert forecasts of a disaster greater than global warming and nuclear war. The singularity may take disciplines such as neuroscience to a new frontier. In the center of a black hole is a gravitational singularity, a onedimensional point which contains a huge mass in an infinitely small space, where density and gravity become infinite and spacetime curves infinitely, and where the laws of physics as we know them cease to operate. The great inventor and futurist ray kurzweil is one of the bestknown and controversial advocates for the role of machines in the future of humanity. The artificial intelligence explosion thorne mbe, tony. Apr 17, 2020 a five book cyberpunk espionage saga, it is a globetrotting adventure packed with psychic spies, killer bots, and superintelligent artificial intelligences. The technological singularity also, simply, the singularity is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization. Great book very original stross is always full of original ideas. I suspect this will be one of the most cited books of the decade. In the coming of the singularity, we are seeing the predictions of true technological unemployment finally come true.
The book builds on the ideas introduced in kurzweils previous books, the age of intelligent machines 1990 and the age of spiritual machines 1999. The concept is both startling and optimistic, but it immediately provokes certain philosophical concerns. The singularity may challenge us to reconsider the multicultural dimension that is a defining feature of our profession. The wikipedia entry about the singularity is excellent. The coming technological singularity new century edition. The coming technological singularity, part 3 2 comments in the first two videos in this series, we have discussed the coming technological singularity, and how this conversion point is like a quantum event, a point in space and time where all of this conjunction of technology allows for only one way forward, and that is the development of a. Its about the singularity, and the resulting artificial intelligence explosion. The singularity is near is worth reading just for its wealth of information, all lucidly presented. Good chance they are less interesting and deeper levels are better. The artificial intelligence explosion is a standalone short read.
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