[IP] NPR's 'On Point': 'Rise of the Machines'
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 13, 2005 10:10:27 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] NPR's 'On Point': 'Rise of the Machines'
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NPR's 'On Point' recently did an interview with Ray Kuzweil on
his new book '"The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology".
Here are the show notes:
While Americans debate human evolution, the pace of evolution itself
is about to explode, says acientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil. In
this century, he and others say, humans will reach what they call
"the Singularity": the moment when man and machine, humans and their
technology, become one.
Kurzweil foresees human intelligence vastly outstripped by computer
intelligence and then wholly merged with that intelligence in this
century, within a few decades. And then: profound, revolutionary
upheaval on this planet and far beyond. Kurzweil welcomes the
onslaught. Skeptics look on in doubt and dread.
Hear a conversation with Ray Kruzweil on evolution's big bang, the
merger of humans and machines.
You can find the show online at: <http://www.onpointradio.org/
shows/2005/10/20051003_b_main.asp>
Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com>
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