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  • The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
  • Written by: Ray Kurzweil
  • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
  • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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How to Create a Mind

Written by: Ray Kurzweil
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Publisher's Summary

The bold futurist and bestselling author of The Singularity Is Nearer explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain

Ray Kurzweil is arguably today’s most influential—and often controversial—futurist. In How to Create a Mind, 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 from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the world’s problems. He 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.

Certain to be one of the most widely discussed and debated science books of the year, How to Create a Mind is sure to take its place alongside Kurzweil’s previous classics which include Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever and The Age of Spiritual Machines.

©2012 Ray Kurzweil (P)2022 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

“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 

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Still relevant 10 years later

Highly enjoyed reading this is the time of ChatGPT, really gave me a sense of the achievements we have accomplished so far.

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