How to create a mind : the secret of human thought revealed / Ray Kurzweil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurzweil, Ray.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Localization of functions.

Brain.

Self-consciousness (Awareness).

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2013.

Summary:

Ray Kurzweil, the bestselling author of The Singularity Is Near, is arguably today's most influential futurist, in How to Create a Mind, he 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. Drawing on years of advanced research and today's 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Thought experiments on the world

Thought experiments on thinking

A model of the neocortex: the pattern recognition theory of mind

The biological neocortex

The old brain

Transcendent abilities

The biologically inspired digital neocortex

The mind as computer

Thought experiments on the mind

The law of accelerating returns applied to the brain

Objections

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-319) and index.

ISBN:

9780143124047

0143124048

OCLC:

865139791