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The Singularity Is near: When Humans Transcend Biology
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A radical and optimistic view of future course of human development from Ray Kurzweil, whom Bill Gates calls the best person I know at predicting future of artificial intelligence.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mead, W. R., & Kurzweil, R.
- Venue
- Foreign Affairs
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 2006
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 160
- ISSN
- 0015-7120 (ISSN-L)
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- W2169558102
- Cited by
- 3,429
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 39.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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