How to Create a Mind
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bold futurist and renowned author of The Singularity Is Near explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain. “This book is a Rosetta Stone for the mystery of human thought.”—Martine Rothblatt, chairman and CEO, United Therapeutics, and creator of Sirius XM Satellite Radio “Kurzweil’s vision of our super-enhanced future is completely sane and calmly reasoned, and his book should nicely smooth the path for the earth’s robot overlords, who, it turns out, will be us.”—The New York Times In How to Create a Mind, Ray Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilization: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines. Kurzweil discusses how the brain functions, how the mind emerges, brain-computer interfaces, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence to address the world’s problems. He also thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical possibilities of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating. Drawing on years of advanced research and cutting-edge inventions in artificial intelligence, How to Create a Mind is an incredible synthesis of neuroscience and technology and provides a road map for the future of human progress.
352 pages, 16 editions
English edition · First published 2012 by Penguin US · ISBN 9781101601105
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16 editions
English
- How to Create a Mind · Penguin US · 2012 · ISBN 9781101601105 This page
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Duckworth · 2024 · ISBN 9780715654538
- How to Create a Mind · Brilliance Audio · 2014 · ISBN 9781491518830
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Duckworth Overlook · 2014 · ISBN 9780715647332
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Duckworth Overlook · 2013 · ISBN 9780715645376
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Penguin Books · 2013 · ISBN 9780143124047
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469203898
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Duckworth Overlook · 2013 · ISBN 9780715645963
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469203942
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Duckworth Overlook · 2013 · ISBN 9780715645956
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781469203874
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781469203850
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781469203843
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Viking · 2012 · ISBN 9780670025299
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781469203867
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed · Brilliance Audio Lib Edn · ISBN 9781469216621
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