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The Singularity Is Near
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I then read a book by Ray Kurzweil called The Singularity Is Near and damn if it didn't make a right-hand turn in my life.
Peter Diamandis · Modern Wisdom · Jan 2023 Listen at 4:25 What they say about it
- Read the book3
- Discussed new release“he just came out with a new book”3
- Control biology and evolution“control their own biology”2
The best things said about it
It's a great book, Kurzweil's got this definition of humans in there that's so beautiful.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 But when i read the um kurzweil's book about the singularity to me it read just like um religious language.
What I read in The Singularity Is Near, in 2005, 2006, when that book came out, was amazing, where it was a chronology of the universe going.
Eighteen years ago in the book singularity is near he predicted that the onset of the singularity will happen in the year 2045.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 2022 I was carrying Ray's book, The Singularity Is Near, which is an interesting title, and he just came out with a new book, The Singularity Is Nearer.
Peter Diamandis StarTalk Radio · Feb 2024 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near is a prominent techno-futurist book exploring the merging of humans and artificial intelligence and the technological singularity. Duncan Trussell discussed reading the book on The Joe Rogan Experience while exploring energy concepts and Dyson spheres. Joe Rogan also mentioned the work on multiple occasions, including an interview with Kurzweil himself, praising the author's definition of humans and emphasizing the importance of making such forward-thinking ideas accessible to the public. Bryan Callen brought up the title on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von to illustrate how future gene editing and technology might enable humans to take control of their own biology and evolution. Diana Walsh Pasulka noted on the Lex Fridman Podcast that she found the language in the book closely resembled religious terminology. Additionally, Robert Evans mentioned on Behind the Bastards that early Palantir employees gave the book to Alex Karp to help him integrate into tech culture, and Brad Jacobs noted on David Senra that the work provided an amazing chronological perspective on the universe and technology when it was published.
Every mention
Joe Rogan It's very important that people have access to this kind of thinking, and you've dedicated your whole life… 3
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“well that's you know like i opened up the singularity is near recently just to let you know look through it's a great book kurzweil's got this definition of humans in there that's so beautiful and i'm gonna butcher it”
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“Ray KW The Singularity is near when we merge with AI it's available now”
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“It's very important that people have access to this kind of thinking, and you've dedicated your whole life to this in this book, Ray. KW: The Singularity is Near, When We Merge with AI, it's available now.”
Bryan Callen if you read the singularity is near you know human beings are going to start being able to not only control… 2
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“if you read the singularity is near you know human beings are going to start being able to not only control their own biology”
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“if you read the singularity is near you know human beings are going to start being able to not only control their own biology their own evolution but they might be able to control even their own”
Diana Walsh Pasulka but when i read the um kurzweil's book about the singularity to me it read just like um religious language 1
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“but when i read the um kurzweil's book about the singularity to me it read just like um religious language”
Duncan Trussell so I'm reading the singularity is near R Kell's book I [ __ ] love revisiting that book 1
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“so I'm reading the singularity is near R Kell's book I [ __ ] love revisiting that book”
Peter Diamandis I then read a book by Ray Kurzweil called The Singularity is near and damn if it didn't make a right-hand t… 3
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“I was carrying Ray's book The Singularity is near um which is an interesting title and it just came out with a new book”
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“Long story; I was carrying Ray's book, 'The Singularity is Near,' which is an interesting title, and he just came out with a new book, 'The Singularity is Nearer.'”
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“I then read a book by Ray Kurzweil called The Singularity is near and damn if it didn't make a right-hand turn in my life”
Neil deGrasse Tyson As you as you surely know Ray Kur had an updated version of his book The Singularity is near and guess what… 2
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“As you as you surely know Ray Kur had an updated version of his book The Singularity is near and guess what the new title is called”
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“you had a book back in 2005 the singularity is near”
Brad Jacobs And what I read in "The Singularity is Near," in 2005, 2006, when that book came out, was amazing, where it… 1
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“And what I read in "The Singularity is Near," in 2005, 2006, when that book came out, was amazing, where it was a chronology of the universe going”
Lex Fridman eighteen years ago in the book singularity is near he predicted that the onset of the singularity will happ… 1
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“eighteen years ago in the book singularity is near he predicted that the onset of the singularity will happen in the year 2045.”
Robert Evans in order to help their new boss fit in, several software guys handed Karp a copy of Ray Kerszswhile's The S… 1
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“in order to help their new boss fit in, several software guys handed Karp a copy of Ray Kerszswhile's The Singularity is Near.”
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“Here's a new book where it's uh the The Singularity is nearer this first book was a singularity was needed what a prediction”
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“well I did write a book Danielle um and this young girl has fantastic capabilities”
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“However, in 'Singularity Is Near', I present two analyses of the Drake equation, using reasonable assumptions.”