This Is Your Brain on Nanobots.

A review of The Singularity Is Near, by Ray Kurzweil, who is possibly today's most vocal enthusiast of artificial intelligence. In this book, Kurzweil argues that as computers grow more and more powerful, artificial intelligence will surpass biological intelligence and will even absorb it. He pred...

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Publicado en:Commentary Vol. 120; no. 5; pp. 64 - 69
Autor principal: Shapiro, Kevin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Commentary, Inc. December 2005
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