Ray Kurzweil is the author of The New York Times bestseller The Singularity Is Near and the national bestseller The Age of Spiritual Machines, among others. One of the leading inventors of our time, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. He is the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor in technology. He lives in Boston.
"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
"Kurzweil writes boldly and with a showman's flair, expertly
guiding the lay reader into deep thickets of neuroscience."
-Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe
"This book is a breath of fresh air . . . . Kurzweil makes an
argument for optimism."
-Laura Spinney, New Scientist
"A fascinating exercise in futurology."
-Kirkus Reviews
"It is rare to find a book that offers unique and inspiring content
on every page. How to Create a Mind achieves that and more. Ray has
a way of tackling seemingly overwhelming challenges with an army of
reason, in the end convincing the reader that it is within our
reach to create nonbiological intelligence that will soar past our
own. This is a visionary work that is also accessible and
entertaining."
-Rafael Reif, president, MIT
"Kurzweil's new book on the mind is magnificent, timely, and
solidly argued! His best so far!"
-Marvin Minsky, MIT Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and
Sciences; cofounder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab; widely
regarded as "the father of artificial intelligence"
"If you ever wondered about how your mind works, read this book.
Kurzweil's insights reveal key secrets underlying human thought and
our ability to recreate it. This is an eloquent and
thought-provoking work."
-Dean Kamen, physicist; inventor of the first wearable insulin
pump, the HomeChoice dialysis machine, and the IBOT mobility
system; founder of FIRST; recipient of the National Medal of
Technology
"One of the eminent AI pioneers, Ray Kurzweil, has created a new
book to explain the true nature of intelligence, both biological
and nonbiological. The book describes the human brain as a machine
that can understand hierarchical concepts ranging from the form of
a chair to the nature of humor. His important insights emphasize
the key role of learning both in the brain and in AI. He provides a
credible road map for achieving the goal of super-human
intelligence, which will be necessary to solve the grand challenges
of humanity."
-Raj Reddy, founding director, Robotics Institute, Carnegie
Mellon University; recipient of the Turing Award from the
Association for Computing Machinery
"Ray Kurzweil pioneered artificial intelligence systems that could
read print in any type style, synthesize speech and music, and
understand speech. These were the forerunners of the present
revolution in machine learning that is creating intelligent
computers that can beat humans in chess, win on Jeopardy!, and
drive cars. His new book is a clear and compelling overview of the
progress, especially in learning, that is enabling this revolution
in the technologies of intelligence. It also offers important
insights into a future in which we will begin solving what I
believe is the greatest problem in science and technology today:
the problem of how the brain works and of how it generates
intelligence."
-Tomaso Poggio, Eugene McDermott Professor, MIT Department of
Brain and Cognitive Sciences; director, MIT Center for Biological
and Computational Learning; former chair, MIT McGovern Institute
for Brain Research; one of the most cited neuroscientists in the
world
"This book is a Rosetta stone for the mystery of human thought.
Even more remarkably, it is a blueprint for creating artificial
consciousness that is as persuasive and emotional as our own.
Kurzweil deals with the subject of consciousness better than anyone
from Blackmore to Dennett. His persuasive thought experiment is of
Einstein quality: It forces recognition of the truth."
-Martine Rothblatt, chairman and CEO, United Therapeutics;
creator of Sirius XM Satellite Radio
"Kurzweil's book is a shining example of his prodigious ability to
synthesize ideas from disparate domains and explain them to readers
in simple, elegant language. Just as Chanute's Progress in Flying
Machines ushered in the era of aviation over a century ago, this
book is the harbinger of the coming revolution in artificial
intelligence that will fulfill Kurzweil's own prophecies about
it."
-Dileep George, AI scientist; pioneer of hierarchical models of
the neocortex; cofounder of Numenta and Vicarious Systems
"Ray Kurzweil's understanding of the brain and artificial
intelligence will dramatically impact every aspect of our lives,
every industry on Earth, and how we think about our future. If you
care about any of these, read this book!"
-Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and CEO, X PRIZE; executive
chairman, Singularity University; author of the New York
Times bestseller Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You
Think
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