The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
奇点临近
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一部预测人工智能和科技未来的奇书。
在《奇点临近》中,库兹韦尔通过将进化划分为六大纪元,探讨和分析了科学发展趋势。
《奇点临近》论述严谨,案例丰富,深入阐释了“奇点”作为一种思潮,其在世界范围内所产生的广泛影响,并介绍了其在哲学、科学、技术、艺术等各个方面所展示的独特魅力。
作者:Ray Kurzweil
出版社: Penguin Books (2006年9月26日)
外文书名: 奇点迫近:当人类生物学限度
平装: 672页
语种: 英语
ISBN: 0143037889
条形码: 9780143037880
商品尺寸: 15.2 x 3.5 x 23.2 cm
商品重量: 658 g
在《奇点临近》中,库兹韦尔通过将进化划分为六大纪元,探讨和分析了科学发展趋势。演绎并预测了科技发展的未来。他大胆预测:
21世纪30年代:人类大脑信息上传成为可能
21世纪40年代:人体3.0升级版出现:通过基因、纳米、机器人技术使人体进化成非肉体的、可以随意变形的形态。人们大多数时间沉浸在虚拟现实里(像电影《黑客帝国》所描述的那样)。
2045年:奇点来临,人工智能完全人类智能,人类历史将彻底改变。
2045年之后:宇宙觉醒,为了计算机的局限性。人机智能将物质转化为超级计算机,*终整个宇宙变成一个超级智能,这种智能可以改变目前已知的物理定律。实现不同维度空间的穿越,并实现人类真正的永生。
让我们捧读这《奇点临近》,领略作者的大胆推测和严谨论证,共同期待奇点临近
内容简介
For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.
《奇点临近》是一本有思维方法论启示的书;是一本站在历史的高度,正面思考科技力量的书;是一本充满想象与预言,但又不失科学论证的书。《奇点临近》提供了一个崭新的视角:21世纪既是数百年以来科技、创意的顶点,又是对人类命运真挚的愿景。
《奇点临近》特点:奇特与警示的结论,书中六个纪元的划分奇特又富于哲理;严谨与独特的论述方法,通过分析科学发展趋势,演绎并预测未来;警世之语与探讨性对话,通过智者的眼睛去审视自然、科学以及世界;章尾与未来的对话,是一种思想的博弈:通过设想中的未来去理解当今的技术发展和进化中的人类。
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媒体推荐
A pleasure to read. -- The Wall Street Journal
Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. -- Los Angeles Times
Startling in scope and bravado. -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times
The best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence -- Bill Gates
“Anyone can grasp Mr. Kurzweil’s main idea: that mankind’s technological knowledge has been snowballing, with dizzying prospects for the future. The basics are clearly expressed. But for those more knowledgeable and inquisitive, the author argues his case in fascinating detail…. The Singularity Is Near is startling in scope and bravado.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Filled with imaginative, scientifically grounded speculation…. The Singularity Is Near is worth reading just for its wealth of information, all lucidly presented…. [It’s] an important book. Not everything that Kurzweil predicts may come to pass, but a lot of it will, and even if you don’t agree with everything he says, it’s all worth paying attention to.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“[An] exhilarating and terrifyingly deep look at where we are headed as a species…. Mr. Kurzweil is a brilliant scientist and futurist, and he makes a compelling and, indeed, a very moving case for his view of the future.”
—The New York Sun
“Compelling.”
—San Jose Mercury News
“Kurzweil links a projected ascendance of artificial intelligence to the future of the evolutionary process itself. The result is both frightening and enlightening…. The Singularity Is Near is a kind of encyclopedic map of what Bill Gates once called ‘the road ahead.’”
—The Oregonian
“A clear-eyed, sharply-focused vision of the not-so-distant future.”
—The Baltimore Sun
“This book offers three things that will make it a seminal document. 1) It brokers a new idea, not widely known, 2) The idea is about as big as you can get: the Singularity—all the change in the last million years will be superceded by the change in the next five minutes, and 3) It is an idea that demands informed response. The book’s claims are so footnoted, documented, graphed, argued, and plausible in small detail, that it requires the equal in response. Yet its claims are so outrageous that if true, it would mean … well … the end of the world as we know it, and the beginning of utopia. Ray Kurzweil has taken all the strands of the Singularity meme circulating in the last decades and has united them into a single tome which he has nailed on our front door. I suspect this will be one of the most cited books of the decade. Like Paul Ehrlich’s upsetting 1972 book Population Bomb, fan or foe, it’s the wave at epicenter you have to start with.”
—Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired
“Really, really out there. Delightfully so.”
—Businessweek.com
“Stunning, utopian vision of the near future when machine intelligence outpaces the biological brain and what things may look like when that happens…. Approachable and engaging.”
—the unofficial Microsoft blog
“One of the most important thinkers of our time, Kurzweil has followed up his earlier works … with a work of startling breadth and audacious scope.”
—newmediamusings.com
“An attractive picture of a plausible future.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Kurzweil is a true scientist—a large-minded one at that…. What’s arresting isn’t the degree to which Kurzweil’s heady and bracing vision fails to convince—given the scope of his projections, that’s inevitable—but the degree to which it seems downright plausible.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[T]hroughout this tour de force of boundless technological optimism, one is impressed by the author’s adamantine intellectual integrity…. If you are at all interested in the evolution of technology in this century and its consequences for the humans who are creating it, this is certainly a book you should read.”
—John Walker, inventor of Autodesk, in Fourmilab Change Log
“Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence. His intriguing new book envisions a future in which information technologies have advanced so far and fast that they enable humanity to transcend its biological limitations—transforming our lives in ways we can’t yet imagine.”
—Bill Gates
“If you have ever wondered about the nature and impact of the next profound discontinuities that will fundamentally change the way we live, work, and perceive our world, read this book. Kurzweil’s Singularity is a tour de force, imagining the unimaginable and eloquently exploring the coming disruptive events that will alter our fundamental perspectives as significantly as did electricity and the computer.”
—Dean Kamen, recipient of the National Medal of Technology,
physicist, and inventor of the first wearable insulin pump, the
HomeChoice portable dialysis machine, the IBOT Mobility
System, and the Segway Human Transporter
“One of our leading AI practitioners, Ray Kurzweil, has once again created a ‘must read’ book for anyone interested in the future of science, the social impact of technology, and indeed the future of our species. His thought-provoking book envisages a future in which we transcend our biological limitations, while making a compelling case that a human civilization with superhuman capabilities is closer at hand than most people realize.”
—Raj Reddy, founding director of the Robotics Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University and recipient of the Turing Award
from the Association for Computing Machinery
“Ray’s optimistic book well merits both reading and thoughtful response. For those like myself whose views differ from Ray’s on the balance of promise and peril, The Singularity Is Near is a clear call for a continuing dialogue to address the greater concerns arising from these accelerating possibilities.”
—Bill Joy, cofounder and former chief scientist, Sun Microsystems
雷?库兹韦尔是我所知道的预测人工智能未来的人。他的这本耐人寻味的书预测未来信息技术得到空前发展,将促使人类自身的生物极限——以我们无法想象的方式我们的生命。
——比尔?盖茨
这是一本卓越的书,讲述了我们这个时代杰出的预言学家对未来的深刻见地。
——马文?明斯基,麻省理工学院媒体艺术与科学系教授
阅读本书,你将惊叹于人类发展进程中下一个意义深远的飞跃,它从根本上改变了人类的生活、工作以及感知世界的方式。库兹韦尔的奇点是一个壮举,以不可思议的想象力和雄辩论述了即将发生的颠覆性事件,它将像电和计算机一样从根本上改变我们的观念。
——迪安?卡门,物理学家
本书对科技发展持乐观的态度,值得阅读并引人深思。对于那些像我这样对“承诺与风险的平衡”这一问题的看法与库兹韦尔不同的人来说,本书进一步明确了需要通过对话的方式来解决由于科技加速发展而引发的诸多问题。
——比尔?乔伊,SUN公司创始人,前首席科学家
作者简介
Ray Kurzweil is one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a twenty-year track record of accurate predictions. Called “the restless genius” by The Wall Street Journal and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes magazine, Kurzweil was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine, which described him as the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison.” PBS selected him as one of “sixteen revolutionaries who made America,” along with other inventors of the past two centuries. An inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Medal of Technology, the Lemelson-MIT Prize (the world’s largest award for innovation), thirteen honorary doctorates, and awards from three U.S. presidents, he is the author of four previous books: Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever (coauthored with Terry Grossman, M.D.), The Age of Spiritual Machines, The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life, and The Age of Intelligent Machines.
雷·库兹韦尔:发明家、思想家、预言学家,他用20余年的时间记录和追溯历史的发展轨迹,以预测未来。他被《华尔街日报》誉为“永不满足的天才”,被《福布斯》杂志誉为“终的思考机器”,被《Inc.》杂志称为“托马斯·爱迪生的法定继承人”。他还入选了美国国家发明名人堂,是美国国家科技奖章获得者,Lemelson—MIT大奖(世界上重要的发明奖)获奖者。拥有13项荣誉博士头衔,曾经获得3位总统嘉奖。
我拿到这本【中商原版】《奇点临近》,内心是激动又好奇的。这本书的副标题“人工智能 科技未来”更是让我觉得它是一部关于我们当下正在经历,并且将要更加深刻体验的时代的史诗。我一直对人类的未来充满了探究的欲望,而人工智能无疑是塑造未来最重要的力量之一。我非常想知道,作者是如何定义“奇点”的?它是一个确定的时间点,还是一种状态的描述?书中是否会详细解析人工智能发展的技术路径,以及它可能达到的高度?我猜想,作者一定是一位对科技发展有着深刻洞察力的思想家,他/她会带领我们穿越时间的迷迭香,去窥探那个科技爆炸的未来。这本书的“英文原版”特性,让我觉得更加权威,也更容易接触到作者最原始的思想火花。我期待着,这本书能够让我对人工智能的未来不再只是模糊的憧憬或担忧,而是能有一个更清晰、更具象的认识。
评分刚拿到这本【中商原版】《奇点临近》,包装很扎实,纸质触感也相当不错,很有分量。迫不及待地翻开了目录,虽然还没深入阅读,但光是看那些章节的标题,就足以让人对接下来的内容充满无限遐想。那些关于指数级增长、人工智能的觉醒、以及人类与科技深度融合的设想,仿佛都在预示着一个截然不同的未来。我尤其对其中关于“意识上传”和“生物增强”的部分感到好奇,它们挑战了我们对生命本身的理解,也提出了许多深刻的哲学问题。我一直对科幻小说和前沿科技有着浓厚的兴趣,而这本书的名字和副标题《The Singularity Is Near》直接点燃了我内心深处对未知的好奇心。我期待着它能够像一道光,照亮科技发展的迷人图景,也可能带来一些关于挑战和伦理的思考。这本书的翻译版本也标注着“中商原版”,这让我对内容的忠实度和译本的质量有了更高的期待,希望能够直接感受到作者的原汁原味的思想。我已经迫不及待想要进入书中的世界,去探索那个可能比我们想象中来得更快的未来了。
评分拿到这本【中商原版】《奇点临近》,感觉就像打开了一扇通往未来的大门。它的英文原版《The Singularity Is Near》一直是我非常想读的著作,这次能以中商原版的形式呈现,简直是太棒了。我一直对人工智能的潜力,以及它可能对我们社会产生的颠覆性影响深感着迷。这本书的名字本身就充满了力量感和预言性,让我对其中关于“奇点”的论述充满了期待。我猜想,书中一定会深入探讨技术发展的加速性,以及当技术突破某个临界点时,世界将发生怎样翻天覆地的变化。从人工智能的自我进化,到基因工程的无限可能,再到纳米技术的渗透,这本书似乎囊括了未来科技发展的各个前沿领域。我非常喜欢那种能够挑战我既有认知,让我开始思考“什么才是可能”的书籍。这本书无疑就是这样一本能够激发我深度思考的书。我期待着作者的洞见,能够帮助我更好地理解当下科技发展的脉络,并对未来做出更准确的预判。
评分这本【中商原版】《奇点临近》的封面设计就极具未来感,让我一眼就被吸引住了。我一直对人工智能在科技未来中的地位有着浓厚的兴趣,而这本书的书名直接击中了我的靶心。我很好奇,《The Singularity Is Near》这本书到底会如何描绘“奇点”这个概念,它指的是一个怎样的转折点?书中是否会探讨超越现有智能的超级智能的出现,以及它可能带来的机遇与风险?我推测,作者应该会从宏观的角度,梳理科技发展的历史轨迹,然后推理出技术进步的指数级增长趋势,并最终引向那个“奇点”的到来。我非常期待书中能够给我带来一些颠覆性的认知,让我不再用线性的思维去看待科技发展,而是去理解那种非线性的、爆炸式的进步。这本书的“英文原版”标识,也让我对内容的严谨性和深度有了信心。我希望它能像一本预言书,提前揭示科技浪潮的走向,让我能更好地为未来做好准备,甚至参与到这场伟大的变革之中。
评分这本书,【中商原版】《奇点临近》,光是名字就足以让人浮想联翩。我一直是个对未来世界充满好奇的人,尤其关注科技对人类社会带来的深刻变革。这本书的英文原版《The Singularity Is Near》以及“人工智能 科技未来”的标签,都让我觉得它是一部不容错过的巨著。我非常期待书中能够详细阐述“奇点”究竟是什么,它是一个可以量化的节点,还是一种不可逆转的趋势?我猜测,作者很可能通过大量的科学数据和理论推演,来描绘出技术指数级增长的图景,进而预示着一个人类历史上的重大转折点。我特别好奇书中会如何描绘人工智能的演进,是像科幻电影里那样,出现具有自我意识的机器人,还是更深层次的智能融合?这本书的“中商原版”形式,也让我对它的内容质量和翻译水准有了更高的信心。我希望这本书能够激发我更深入的思考,不仅仅是关于科技本身,更是关于人类在科技飞速发展下的生存意义和发展方向。
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