Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-09-17
Books mentioned on #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Shopify: https://shopify.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil is a visionary science and futurism book that forecasts the imminent convergence of human biology and artificial intelligence, predicting a transformative leap in technological evolution.
Discussed“eighteen years ago in the book singularity is near he predicted that the onset of the singularity will happen in the year 2045.”
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Singularity Is Nearer
Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil is a forward-looking examination of artificial intelligence, human longevity, and the approaching technological singularity.
Discussed“uh and uh one of the themes outside of just discussing the increasing exponential growth of technology one of the themes is that things are getting better in all aspects of life”
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Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine
Discussed“in danielle one of your books you write about someone who has the courage to question assumptions that limit human imagination to solve problems”
Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The age of spiritual machines
“i made this in 1999 and my book the age of spiritual machines”
Own book The age of spiritual machines
“I made this prediction in 1999 in my book 'The Age of Spiritual Machines', right?”
Own book The age of intelligent machines
“because i remember my first book the age of intelligent machines”
Own book The age of intelligent machines
“Because I remember my first book, 'The Age of Intelligent Machines,' there was no way to get information from computers.”
Own book How to Create a Mind
“and the neocortex which i described in how to create a mind the neocortex is actually”
Own book How to Create a Mind
“So if it would connect to your neocortex—and the neocortex, which I described in 'How to Create a Mind,' has different levels—it’s kind of like a pyramid.”
Own book Singularity Is Nearer
“um but i show in this book that's coming out the amount of people that are working even as a percentage of the population has gone way up”
Own book Singularity Is Nearer
“But I show in this book that's coming out that the amount of people working, even as a percentage of the population, has gone way up.”
Own book The Singularity Is Near
“However, in 'Singularity Is Near', I present two analyses of the Drake equation, using reasonable assumptions.”